diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1c0d9662..2911cca1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.44.1",
+  ".": "0.44.2",
   "mcp-package": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fa90904..89a7f08c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.44.2](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/compare/plugin-validator/v0.44.1...plugin-validator/v0.44.2) (2026-07-13)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update dependency tar to v7.5.19 ([#636](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/636)) ([253ec89](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/253ec89736a03443d28061b9286dcfdd8865c4e6))
+
+
+### 🤖 Continuous Integrations
+
+* run the full test suite on pull requests ([#628](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/628)) ([503efa8](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/503efa8fdf57e4c9ed1a8678d43cc0669f78618c))
+
+
+### 🔧 Chores
+
+* **deps:** update github actions ([#632](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/632)) ([c1ac252](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/c1ac2525e3001d03a56b94632206853aa5b52c60))
+* **deps:** update GitHub Actions to v0.3.4 ([421bbda](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/421bbda548a5c98c884c649d0b8104a4815cbcdd))
+* **deps:** update GitHub Actions to v3.0.2 ([6309615](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/6309615ef3ed5e0412e4a149f040655189f0b256))
+* **deps:** update grafana/shared-workflows/build-push-to-dockerhub action to v0.4.2 ([#633](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/633)) ([2d56ac3](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/2d56ac3c222435ac192ea93729ffbd710411d515))
+* **deps:** update grafana/shared-workflows/docker-build-push-image action to v0.3.4 ([#634](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/634)) ([421bbda](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/421bbda548a5c98c884c649d0b8104a4815cbcdd))
+* **deps:** update grafana/shared-workflows/send-slack-message action to v3.0.2 ([#635](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/635)) ([6309615](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/6309615ef3ed5e0412e4a149f040655189f0b256))
+* update Grafana plugin schema ([#630](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/630)) ([c5c6291](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/c5c62911772be0102b0c462059d911a88e686ddb))
+
 ## [0.44.1](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/compare/plugin-validator/v0.44.0...plugin-validator/v0.44.1) (2026-06-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f20a996d..e4f2d705 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/plugin-validator",
-  "version": "0.44.1",
+  "version": "0.44.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@grafana/plugin-validator",
-      "version": "0.44.1",
+      "version": "0.44.2",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "tar": "7.5.19"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6802e2bd..8d4163a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/plugin-validator",
-  "version": "0.44.1",
+  "version": "0.44.2",
   "description": "Grafana Plugin Validator",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {