diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 90b0b7670..1f96c57d2 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -7803,5 +7803,9 @@
   "icu:WhatsNew__v7.43--0": {
     "messageformat": "Valentine's Day is all about celebrating a perfect match, so we updated the text label on a single button in the Desktop app to create a cute couple with the same button on your phone. This sounds like a very small change, and it is, but sometimes it's the little things that show how much you care.",
     "description": "Release notes for version 7.43"
+  },
+  "icu:WhatsNew__v7.44--0": {
+    "messageformat": "We fixed a minor animation bug during group calls. We apologize in advance if the most exciting part of your day was switching to grid view during a meeting and trying to catch the moment where the video squares from people who joined late sometimes partially obscured the slide deck your boss was presenting.",
+    "description": "Release notes for version 7.44"
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx b/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
index 9c2b8b86b..316d96344 100644
--- a/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function WhatsNewModal({
   const releaseNotes: ReleaseNotesType = {
     date: new Date(window.getBuildCreation?.() || Date.now()),
     version: window.getVersion?.(),
-    features: [<I18n i18n={i18n} id="icu:WhatsNew__v7.43--0" />],
+    features: [<I18n i18n={i18n} id="icu:WhatsNew__v7.44--0" />],
   };
 
   if (releaseNotes.features.length === 1 && !releaseNotes.header) {