diff --git a/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
index 542c0aa..752a6d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11-dev"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml b/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
index b6d9e4f..d33df15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         arch: [auto32, auto64]
-        python_tag: ["cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
+        python_tag: ["cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "cp311-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
         exclude:
           # PyPy only supports x86_64 on Windows
           - arch: auto32
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.4.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.9.0
         with:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         arch: [x86_64, arm64, universal2]
-        python_tag: ["cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
+        python_tag: ["cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "cp311-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
         exclude:
           # MacOS Arm only supported since Python 3.8
           - arch: arm64
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.4.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.9.0
         with:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         arch: [auto, aarch64, ppc64le, s390x]
-        python_tag: [ "cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
+        python_tag: [ "cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "cp311-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
         exclude:
           # PyPy builds not available for these platforms
           - arch: ppc64le
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Set up QEMU
 
       - name: Build wheel
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.4.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.9.0
         with:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd35671..7099ed1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### [2.4.4] - 2022-08-12
+#### Changed
+- Added support for Python3.11
+
 ### [2.4.3] - 2022-08-08
 #### Fixed
 - fix value range of `jaro_similarity`/`jaro_winkler_similarity` in the pure Python mode
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 737e2a8..d2cafea 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ copyright = '2021, Max Bachmann'
 author = 'Max Bachmann'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '2.4.3'
+release = '2.4.4'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4be6dda..0623f73 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'rt', encoding="utf8") as f:
 
 setup_args = {
     "name": "rapidfuzz",
-    "version": "2.4.3",
+    "version": "2.4.4",
     "install_requires": ["jarowinkler >= 1.2.0, < 2.0.0"],
     "extras_require": {'full': ['numpy']},
     "url": "https://github.com/maxbachmann/RapidFuzz",
diff --git a/src/rapidfuzz/__init__.py b/src/rapidfuzz/__init__.py
index 6f882c7..4926e7f 100644
--- a/src/rapidfuzz/__init__.py
+++ b/src/rapidfuzz/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ rapid string matching library
 """
 __author__: str = "Max Bachmann"
 __license__: str = "MIT"
-__version__: str = "2.4.3"
+__version__: str = "2.4.4"
 
 from rapidfuzz import process, distance, fuzz, string_metric, utils