diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8f8d239..7ebfabf7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - `PySequence::get_slice` now returns `PyResult<&PySequence>` instead of `PyResult<&PyAny>`. [#1829](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1829)
 - Deprecate `PyTuple::split_from`. [#1804](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1804)
 - Deprecate `PyTuple::slice`, new method `PyTuple::get_slice` added with `usize` indices. [#1828](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1828)
-- Mark `PyString::data` as `unsafe` and disable it and some supporting PyUnicode FFI APIs (which depend on a C bitfield) on big-endian targets. [#1834](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1834)
 - Deprecate FFI definitions `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlags`, `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename`, `PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags` when building for Python 3.9. [#1830](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1830)
 - Mark FFI definitions removed in Python 3.10 `PyParser_ASTFromString`, `PyParser_ASTFromStringObject`, `PyParser_ASTFromFile`, `PyParser_ASTFromFileObject`, `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlags`, `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename`, `PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags`, `PyParser_SimpleParseString`, `PyParser_SimpleParseFile`, `Py_SymtableString`, and `Py_SymtableStringObject`. [#1830](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1830)
 
+## [0.14.4] - 2021-08-29
+
+### Changed
+
+- Mark `PyString::data` as `unsafe` and disable it and some supporting PyUnicode FFI APIs (which depend on a C bitfield) on big-endian targets. [#1834](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1834)
 
 ## [0.14.3] - 2021-08-22
 
@@ -922,7 +926,8 @@ Yanked
 
 - Initial release
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/pyo3/pyo3/compare/v0.14.3...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/pyo3/pyo3/compare/v0.14.4...HEAD
+[0.14.4]: https://github.com/pyo3/pyo3/compare/v0.14.3...v0.14.4
 [0.14.3]: https://github.com/pyo3/pyo3/compare/v0.14.2...v0.14.3
 [0.14.2]: https://github.com/pyo3/pyo3/compare/v0.14.1...v0.14.2
 [0.14.1]: https://github.com/pyo3/pyo3/compare/v0.14.0...v0.14.1
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ffae2f8..1355dcf4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pyo3"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 description = "Bindings to Python interpreter"
 authors = ["PyO3 Project and Contributors <https://github.com/PyO3>"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ num-bigint = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 num-complex = { version = ">= 0.2, < 0.5", optional = true }
 # must stay at 0.1.x for Rust 1.41 compatibility
 paste = { version = "0.1.18", optional = true }
-pyo3-macros = { path = "pyo3-macros", version = "=0.14.3", optional = true }
+pyo3-macros = { path = "pyo3-macros", version = "=0.14.4", optional = true }
 unindent = { version = "0.1.4", optional = true }
 hashbrown = { version = ">= 0.9, < 0.12", optional = true }
 indexmap = { version = ">= 1.6, < 1.8", optional = true }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pyo3 = { path = ".", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "auto-initi
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = { path = "pyo3-build-config", version = "0.14.3" }
+pyo3-build-config = { path = "pyo3-build-config", version = "0.14.4" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["macros"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce14db49..5d4f45d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ name = "string_sum"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies.pyo3]
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 features = ["extension-module"]
 ```
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Start a new project with `cargo new` and add  `pyo3` to the `Cargo.toml` like th
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies.pyo3]
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 features = ["auto-initialize"]
 ```
 
diff --git a/pyo3-build-config/Cargo.toml b/pyo3-build-config/Cargo.toml
index dc1de0d4..5dbbe638 100644
--- a/pyo3-build-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pyo3-build-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pyo3-build-config"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 description = "Build configuration for the PyO3 ecosystem"
 authors = ["PyO3 Project and Contributors <https://github.com/PyO3>"]
 keywords = ["pyo3", "python", "cpython", "ffi"]
diff --git a/pyo3-macros-backend/Cargo.toml b/pyo3-macros-backend/Cargo.toml
index ebe10898..0d3fc54f 100644
--- a/pyo3-macros-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pyo3-macros-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 description = "Code generation for PyO3 package"
 authors = ["PyO3 Project and Contributors <https://github.com/PyO3>"]
 keywords = ["pyo3", "python", "cpython", "ffi"]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 quote = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-pyo3-build-config = { path = "../pyo3-build-config", version = "0.14.3" }
+pyo3-build-config = { path = "../pyo3-build-config", version = "0.14.4" }
 
 [dependencies.syn]
 version = "1"
diff --git a/pyo3-macros/Cargo.toml b/pyo3-macros/Cargo.toml
index f3fc4422..cfe3e6da 100644
--- a/pyo3-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pyo3-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pyo3-macros"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 description = "Proc macros for PyO3 package"
 authors = ["PyO3 Project and Contributors <https://github.com/PyO3>"]
 keywords = ["pyo3", "python", "cpython", "ffi"]
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ multiple-pymethods = []
 [dependencies]
 quote = "1"
 syn = { version = "1", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
-pyo3-macros-backend = { path = "../pyo3-macros-backend", version = "=0.14.3" }
+pyo3-macros-backend = { path = "../pyo3-macros-backend", version = "=0.14.4" }