diff --git a/lib/webrat.rb b/lib/webrat.rb
index cd0aa9b..5e324a8 100644
--- a/lib/webrat.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Webrat
   class WebratError < StandardError
   end
 
-  VERSION = '0.4.3'
+  VERSION = '0.4.4'
 
   def self.require_xml
     gem "nokogiri", ">= 1.0.6"