diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 866e93f..50f0c45 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.4.3"
+  ".": "1.4.4"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94c6c59..b071898 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.4.4](https://github.com/rabii-chaarani/codebaseGraph/compare/v1.4.3...v1.4.4) (2026-08-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **release:** publish after skipped rebuild ([#80](https://github.com/rabii-chaarani/codebaseGraph/issues/80)) ([392b26c](https://github.com/rabii-chaarani/codebaseGraph/commit/392b26cfc304732489cdbf66986ab3d37b310a84))
+
 ## [1.4.3](https://github.com/rabii-chaarani/codebaseGraph/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3) (2026-08-17)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bac997e..7222add 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codebase-graph"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "fs2",
  "lbug",
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "k-wiki"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "ammonia",
  "axum",
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ce1c007..daef981 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "codebase-graph"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.82"
 description = "Native codebaseGraph CLI and MCP server for local code knowledge graphs."
diff --git a/crates/k-wiki/Cargo.toml b/crates/k-wiki/Cargo.toml
index 17d61ca..ba7f3ac 100644
--- a/crates/k-wiki/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/k-wiki/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "k-wiki"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.82"
 description = "OKF knowledge wiki, projection builder, and MCP service."
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bundled-windows-extensions = ["codebase-graph/bundled-windows-extensions"]
 [dependencies]
 ammonia = "4.1"
 axum = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["http1", "json", "tokio"] }
-codebase-graph = { version = "1.4.3", path = "../.." }
+codebase-graph = { version = "1.4.4", path = "../.." }
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["html"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/crates/xtask/Cargo.toml b/crates/xtask/Cargo.toml
index c246f6e..513d943 100644
--- a/crates/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false