diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9bcaa8bf..337f0fa87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Changed
 
+## 1.0.44 - 2020-10-20
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+- fixes #336 Adding walk capabilities to networknt. Thanks @prashanthjos
+- fixes #332 Bump junit from 4.12 to 4.13.1
+- fixes #329 JRuby Joni dependency and its dependencies
+- fixes #328 Add $comment as a NonValidationKeyword for v7 and v2019 drafts. Thanks @kmalski
+- fixes #324 Generate module-info, fix build on JDK11 Thanks @handcraftedbits
+- fixes #323 FIX: potential duplicate log entry due to race condition Thanks @kkonrad
+- fixes #319 resolve a java doc warning in CollectorContext
+
 ## 1.0.43 - 2020-08-10
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd8f171d2..e7be094fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
     <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.43</version>
+    <version>1.0.44</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
     <description>A json schema validator that supports draft v4, v6, v7 and v2019-09</description>
     <url>https://github.com/networknt/json-schema-validator</url>
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
                     </instructions>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <!--
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
                 <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>