[release] prepare v4.4.4

Author: vickenty

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 4.4.4 / 2025.03.27
+
+* [IMPROVEMENT] Performance improvements. See [#263][]
+
 ## 4.4.3 / 2024.10.04
 
 * [BUGFIX] Use correct buffer size for unix sockets. See [#256][]
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ Fork from [indeedeng/java-dogstatsd-client] (https://github.com/indeedeng/java-d
 [#247]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/247
 [#249]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/249
 [#256]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/256
+[#263]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/263
 
 
 [@PatrickAuld]: https://github.com/PatrickAuld

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The client jar is distributed via Maven central, and can be downloaded [from Mav
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.3</version>
+    <version>4.4.4</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>java-dogstatsd-client</name>
-    <version>4.4.3</version>
+    <version>4.4.4</version>
     <description>A tiny library allowing Java applications to communicate with DataDog statsd instances easily.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client</url>