diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index cb1c33ffa4..c0edb643f0 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2013-11-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.44.100 - avcodec.h
+  Add av_packet_{un,}pack_dictionary()
+  Add AV_PKT_METADATA_UPDATE side data type, used to transmit key/value
+  strings between a stream and the application.
+
 2013-11-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 52.18.0 - mem.h
   Move av_fast_malloc() and av_fast_realloc() for libavcodec to libavutil.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 8db02700e9..8f61301816 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  43
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  44
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \