diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a4c44102b6c1484d7ba8f700f1d2c758d19740d..08552cd8d78271c515ae423b43983ad9693557e4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(DaVinci v44r1
-              USE Analysis v20r1
-                  Stripping v12r1
+gaudi_project(DaVinci v44r2
+              USE Analysis v20r2
+                  Stripping v12r1p1
               DATA AppConfig VERSION v3r*
                    FieldMap VERSION v5r*
                    ParamFiles VERSION v8r*
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v44r2.md b/ReleaseNotes/v44r2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e9d148cadd5d9a5812ecb372eea21599803da5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v44r2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+2018-04-26 DaVinci v44r2
+========================
+
+Release for 2018 data taking, prepared on the 2018-patches branch.
+It is based on  Gaudi v29r4, LHCb v44r2, Lbcom v22r0p2, Rec v23r2, Phys v25r3, Analysis v20r2 and Stripping v12r1p1,
+and uses LCG_93 with ROOT 6.12.06.
+
+- Added nightly tests for S34
+  - See merge request lhcb/DaVinci!196
+- Support 2018 Turbo data processing
+  - See merge request lhcb/DaVinci!192
+- Added support for 2018 data
+  - See merge request lhcb/DaVinci!193
+- Updates to DaVinciTests
+  - See merge request lhcb/DaVinci!185
+- Add tests for Turbo MC processing
+  - See merge request lhcb/DaVinci!166