diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 9ee898bd5f..508de490ef 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ The last version increases of all libraries were on 2024-03-07
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2024-10-15 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavu 59.44.100 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_RGB96 and AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA128.
+
 2024-10-14 - c993a91bea - lavu 59.43.100 - pixfmt.h
   Add AV_PIX_FMT_RGBF16.
 
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 772addf716..4ff5ce8e12 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  59
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  43
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  44
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \