From c9096c7f70867936369e538c9cc25a0cf6afb001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jae Kim <jae.kim@optimizely.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 16:24:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [FSSDK-12546] release java v4.4.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 gradle.properties |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00e174cd5..875b6a489 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Optimizely Java X SDK Changelog
 
+## [4.4.0]
+May 4, 2026
+
+### New Features
+
+**Feature Rollout**: Added support for Feature Rollouts, a new experiment type
+combining Targeted Delivery simplicity with A/B test measurement capabilities.
+Feature Rollouts enable progressive rollouts with full impact analytics, metric tracking,
+and confidence intervals.
+See [Feature Rollout docs](https://support.optimizely.com/hc/en-us/articles/45552846481037-Run-Feature-Rollouts-in-Feature-Experimentation) for more information.
+
+### PRs Included
+* Remove legacy flag-level holdout fields ([#604](https://github.com/optimizely/java-sdk/pull/604))
+* Remove experiment type validation from config parsing ([#602](https://github.com/optimizely/java-sdk/pull/602))
+* Add Feature Rollout support ([#601](https://github.com/optimizely/java-sdk/pull/601))
+* Arnica risk fixes ([#600](https://github.com/optimizely/java-sdk/pull/600))
+* Fix documentation links in README.md ([#598](https://github.com/optimizely/java-sdk/pull/598))
+
 ## [4.3.1]
 Jan 20, 2025
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ef1dd8bfd..e3424d49a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Maven version
-version = 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+version = 4.4.0
 
 # Artifact paths
 mavenS3Bucket = optimizely-maven