chore: upgrade version to v1.44.0

Author: agustingroh

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- Upcoming changes...
+
+## [1.44.0] - 2026-01-15
 ### Added
 - Added scan engine tuning parameters for snippet matching:
   - `--min-snippet-hits` - Minimum snippet hits required (0 defers to server config)
@@ -780,4 +783,5 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [1.41.1]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py/compare/v1.41.0...v1.41.1
 [1.42.0]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py/compare/v1.41.1...v1.42.0
 [1.43.0]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py/compare/v1.42.0...v1.43.0
-[1.43.1]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py/compare/v1.43.0...v1.43.1
+[1.43.1]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py/compare/v1.43.0...v1.43.1
+[1.44.0]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.py/compare/v1.43.1...v1.44.0

src/scanoss/__init__.py

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
   THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.43.1'
+__version__ = '1.44.0'