diff --git a/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/CHANGELOG.md b/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
index e73b41de9bd49d56b8468fc7623ff351d4e8f245..88b6090ed25b31ff73c38be6f8c47e7d45fff64b 100644
--- a/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# New in version 0.4.4
+
+* Improvements to dataset upload functionality
+* Changed pybis dependency to version == 1.36.2
+
 # New in version 0.4.3
 
 * Changed upload prints to be more readable
diff --git a/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/obis/__init__.py b/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/obis/__init__.py
index 7ae9551f179beaa393b1177bcdca1dd72fe77a34..6a12c03172c7e0dd5af843c8e72c70747f8fbb76 100644
--- a/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/obis/__init__.py
+++ b/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/obis/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 #
 __author__ = "ID SIS • ETH Zürich"
 __email__ = "openbis-support@id.ethz.ch"
-__version__ = "0.4.3rc1"
+__version__ = "0.4.4rc2"
 
 from .dm import *
diff --git a/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/setup.py b/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/setup.py
index 18334b645aa11f9b1bbaeb090314f4d3b603deab..55008dfba9327f51f06abeb017d4b649a35bc534 100644
--- a/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/app-openbis-command-line/src/python/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ data_files = [
 
 setup(
     name="obis",
-    version="0.4.3",
+    version="0.4.4rc2",
     description="Local data management with assistance from OpenBIS.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ setup(
     packages=["obis", "obis.dm", "obis.dm.commands", "obis.scripts"],
     data_files=data_files,
     package_data={"obis": ["dm/git-annex-attributes"]},
-    install_requires=["pyOpenSSL", "pytest", "pybis==1.36.1", "click"],
+    install_requires=["pyOpenSSL", "pytest", "pybis==1.36.2rc2", "click"],
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["obis=obis.scripts.cli:main"]},
     zip_safe=False,
     python_requires=">=3.3",