diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e614a7..e8e85a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [4.4.0] - 2017-08-17
+## [4.4.0-beta] - 2017-08-17
 ## Added
-- Adds progress indicator to the `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) icon -- pulses while annotations are computed
-- Adds active state to the `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) icon -- turns orange while the annotations are visible
+- Adds a progress indicator to the `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) icon -- pulses while annotations are computed
+- Adds an active state to the `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) icon -- turns orange while the annotations are visible
 - Adds automatic disabling of the current line blame annotations when starting a debug session and will restore them when the debug session ends -- can still be manually toggled via the `Toggle Line Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleLineBlame`)
 
 ## Changed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d8ea12..953e315 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "gitlens",
-    "version": "4.3.3",
+    "version": "4.4.0-beta",
     "author": {
         "name": "Eric Amodio",
         "email": "eamodio@gmail.com"