diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 9953d1e301b..72439e315fc 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ python_config_settings()
 # This should be updated along with build_handwritten.yaml
 g_stands_for = "groovy"  # @unused
 
-core_version = "44.0.0"  # @unused
+core_version = "44.1.0"  # @unused
 
 version = "1.68.0-dev"  # @unused
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 069c8da34f3..bbb8e9d41f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 set(PACKAGE_NAME          "grpc")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION       "1.68.0-dev")
-set(gRPC_CORE_VERSION     "44.0.0")
+set(gRPC_CORE_VERSION     "44.1.0")
 set(gRPC_CORE_SOVERSION   "44")
 set(gRPC_CPP_VERSION      "1.68.0-dev")
 set(gRPC_CPP_SOVERSION    "1.68")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83b4e0774d1..27e28dfcc06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ E = @echo
 Q = @
 endif
 
-CORE_VERSION = 44.0.0
+CORE_VERSION = 44.1.0
 CPP_VERSION = 1.68.0-dev
 
 CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH += $(addprefix -I, $(INCLUDES)) $(addprefix -D, $(DEFINES))
diff --git a/build_handwritten.yaml b/build_handwritten.yaml
index 3c0d694d77c..c692f3321aa 100644
--- a/build_handwritten.yaml
+++ b/build_handwritten.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ settings:
   '#08': Use "-preN" suffixes to identify pre-release versions
   '#09': Per-language overrides are possible with (eg) ruby_version tag here
   '#10': See the expand_version.py for all the quirks here
-  core_version: 44.0.0
+  core_version: 44.1.0
   csharp_major_version: 2
   g_stands_for: groovy
   protobuf_version: 3.28.1
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
index daa6bacde96..1363f967a11 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 
-const char* grpc_version_string(void) { return "44.0.0"; }
+const char* grpc_version_string(void) { return "44.1.0"; }
 
 const char* grpc_g_stands_for(void) { return "groovy"; }
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/version.h b/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
index 6c71e7cf041..23ef3188334 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 // `tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh`.
 
 #define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.68.0-dev"
-#define GRPC_C_VERSION_STRING @"44.0.0"
+#define GRPC_C_VERSION_STRING @"44.1.0"
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
index ac83d73e8aa..0177120f3a0 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC Core"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 44.0.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 44.1.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index aa516cbb52a..25723978a75 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC Core"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 44.0.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 44.1.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a