diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5caa1f68..50c15b1d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <project name="DavMail" default="dist" basedir=".">
     <property file="user.properties"/>
-    <property name="version" value="4.3.4"/>
+    <property name="version" value="4.4.0"/>
 
     <path id="classpath">
         <pathelement location="classes"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11539231..985bd647 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>davmail</groupId>
     <artifactId>davmail</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>4.3.4</version>
+    <version>4.4.0</version>
     <name>DavMail POP/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP Exchange Gateway</name>
     <organization>
         <name>Mickaël Guessant</name>
diff --git a/releasenotes.txt b/releasenotes.txt
index 0645e569..902e7e44 100644
--- a/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/releasenotes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+** DavMail 4.4.0 released **
+Added folder size limit setting to let users avoid IMAP timeouts and reduce memory footprint.
+Also contains many documentation updates, including updated OSX instructions for Mavericks and
+some more bugfixes on IMAP, Caldav (iOS 7 user agent) and SMTP.
+
+Documentation:
+- Doc: update roadmap
+- Doc: reference Marcin Dulak as contributor (RPM package maintainer)
+- Doc: Document OSX Mavericks IMAP account creation
+- Doc: improve FAQ
+- Doc: Fix OSX download instructions
+- Doc: Update OSX doc
+- Doc: additional FAQ comment on shared calendar hierarchy
+- Doc: update smtp screenshot
+- Doc: update more Thunderbird screenshots
+- Doc: update Lightning screenshots
+- Doc: document calendar.caldav.sched.enabled in main Lightning setup doc
+
+Enhancements:
+- Additional IMAP unit tests
+- Add davmail.folderSizeLimit to UI and documentation
+- Fix AbstractConnection.readContent, see https://sourceforge.net/p/davmail/bugs/538/
+
+SMTP:
+- SMTP: create a new davmail.smtpStripFrom boolean property to force From: header removal 
+
+IMAP:
+- IMAP: Make flags case insensitive on append
+- IMAP: improve uidNext implementation
+- Italian IMAP flag translation thanks to puntogil@libero.it
+- IMAP: fix 538, send capabilities untagged response to avoid timeout on large message APPEND
+- IMAP: Implement davmail.folderSizeLimit
+
+Caldav:
+- Caldav: change user agent test to include all iOS versions
+
+
 ** DavMail 4.3.4 released **
 Added a new OSX Java7 package, IMAP header management regression fixes.
 Also fixed a few bugs reported by users and improved documentation.
@@ -41,6 +78,7 @@ IMAP:
 - IMAP: fix invalid message header filter
 - IMAP: write message without headers on BODY[TEXT] fetch
 
+
 ** DavMail 4.3.3 released **
 Make keep alive optional new davmail.enableKeepalive setting and fix regressions in IMAP handler.
 
diff --git a/src/contribs/rpm/SPECS/davmail.spec b/src/contribs/rpm/SPECS/davmail.spec
index c7294831..1427b3b2 100644
--- a/src/contribs/rpm/SPECS/davmail.spec
+++ b/src/contribs/rpm/SPECS/davmail.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 %{?!davmail_uid:   %define davmail_uid   213}
 %{?!davmail_gid:   %define davmail_gid   213}
 
-%{?!davrel:   %define davrel   4.3.4}
-%{?!davsvn:   %define davsvn   2174}
+%{?!davrel:   %define davrel   4.4.0}
+%{?!davsvn:   %define davsvn   2198}
 %define davver %{davrel}-%{davsvn}
 %ifarch i386 i586 i686
 %define davarch x86