diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a9461f63..bd394c18 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -569,13 +569,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "foursight-core"
-version = "5.2.0.1b26"
+version = "5.3.0"
 description = "Serverless Chalice Application for Monitoring"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
 files = [
-    {file = "foursight_core-5.2.0.1b26-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:639872e45e716b3bc03fd2ed55697d50944445bd179701c99a388208b3df716a"},
-    {file = "foursight_core-5.2.0.1b26.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75c6f11b63741e3ff03960dff2763ff113dd79e133c2c25bbcc0c8e723cffcfc"},
+    {file = "foursight_core-5.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1ae66657263b3b89726a71edb0d86ce784a5cc784cfad3f668a0de0c00f54db9"},
+    {file = "foursight_core-5.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:50873d9de3346dfc0cc67b6a562197cc8532dfa03ac14e81609662f88b25a5e6"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1987,4 +1987,4 @@ test = ["pytest (>=6.0.0)", "setuptools (>=65)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
-content-hash = "4e18e3ee002d2ccd359c1c81c959504e44621dc090126c207668c03b8082a0a8"
+content-hash = "93c7c3088f12145d3d4c5946fe56bedbddf5868379ff6e7dd0f8a15699f49e73"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39bb70a8..063139b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "foursight"
-version = "4.3.1.1b2"  # TODO: To become 4.4.0
+version = "4.4.0"
 description = "Serverless Chalice Application for Monitoring"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pytz = "^2020.1"
 tibanna-ff = "^3.2.0"
 ## adding foursight-core
 # use below for deployment
-foursight-core = "^5.2.0.1b26"
+foursight-core = "^5.3.0"
 # use below for tests but not for deployment
 # foursight-core = { git = "https://github.com/4dn-dcic/foursight-core.git", branch="master" }
 # Need pytest-redis 3.0.2 or higher for pytest 7.4.2 (or higher).