diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index a53283f7672280700467c2a706b50dfb51ffb4b1..d3fad27e6aed39dd1a539a5a6c0b3da44a1f79c5 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Change this value to set the version for this build
-const currentVersion = "4.4.3"
+const currentVersion = "4.4.4"
 
 func Version() string {
 	out := fmt.Sprintf("Elixxir Client v%s -- %s\n\n", xxdk.SEMVER,
diff --git a/xxdk/version_vars.go b/xxdk/version_vars.go
index e4e186e08e9d131d10d29ec57d9376211754da96..4a0418ba62aee8a8ce1cb28c6fd3197b3d078577 100644
--- a/xxdk/version_vars.go
+++ b/xxdk/version_vars.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2023-01-09 12:47:37.384575 -0600 CST m=+0.087037408
+// 2023-01-19 11:34:42.674805 -0600 CST m=+0.062023007
 
 package xxdk
 
-const GITVERSION = `d86dbd0b Merge branch 'release' into 'NewHostPool'`
-const SEMVER = "4.4.3"
+const GITVERSION = `77efe674 added log on dummy message thread start`
+const SEMVER = "4.4.4"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/client/v4
 
 go 1.19
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20230109184457-e10f20295430
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20230109182503-bd51c95bdcb3
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20230113232310-712ff1217195
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20230113231934-c833bffda448
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20221214192222-988b44a6958a
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20230109184153-4cb43814fa1d
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20221121220724-8eefdbb0eb46
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20230109222259-f62b2a90b62c
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20230113193654-a3a18c6bbb90
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20230113190331-06f2eb12b97f
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20221219230308-4b5550a9247d
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220722155217-630584e8d5aa
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220822230855-b0a4917ee28c
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.5.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.49.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 )
 
 require (
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.0.0 // indirect
-	git.xx.network/elixxir/grpc-web-go-client v0.0.0-20221221203224-436c7ab720af // indirect
+	git.xx.network/elixxir/grpc-web-go-client v0.0.0-20221221204132-2ed1fec765f1 // indirect
 	github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129 // indirect
 	github.com/badoux/checkmail v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/yawning/nyquist.git v0.0.0-20221003103146-de5645224a22 // indirect
 	gitlab.com/yawning/x448.git v0.0.0-20221003101044-617eb9b7d9b7 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220928140112-f11e5e49a4ec // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20220822174746-9e6da59bd2fc // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.6 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect