diff --git a/main/Version.h b/main/Version.h
index e0bbde2..d334e02 100644
--- a/main/Version.h
+++ b/main/Version.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define VERSION_H
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 00
-#define VERSION_MINOR 43
+#define VERSION_MINOR 44
 
 #define STRINGIFY(number) #number
 #define VERSION_STRING(major, minor) STRINGIFY(major) "." STRINGIFY(minor)
diff --git a/spiffs_image/boot_message.txt b/spiffs_image/boot_message.txt
index da3f646..7f6a531 100644
--- a/spiffs_image/boot_message.txt
+++ b/spiffs_image/boot_message.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Welcome to KTag!  SPIFFS version 00.43
\ No newline at end of file
+Welcome to KTag!  SPIFFS version 00.44
\ No newline at end of file