diff --git a/CHANGES-4.4.md b/CHANGES-4.4.md
index 50105a4df..f730ccdb0 100644
--- a/CHANGES-4.4.md
+++ b/CHANGES-4.4.md
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
   it is still recommended that you verify and confirm again before deploying to the production environment,
   at least to ensure that systemd is available in your system
 
+- Package name scheme changed comparing to 4.3.
+  4.3 format: emqx-centos8-4.3.8-amd64.zip
+  4.4 format: emqx-4.4.0-rc.1-otp24.1.5-3-el8-amd64.zip
+  * Erlang/OTP version is included in the package name,
+    providing the possibility to release EMQX on multiple Erlang/OTP versions
+  * `centos` is renamed to `el`. This is mainly due to centos8 being dead (replaced with rockylinux8)
+
 - MongoDB authentication supports DNS SRV and TXT Records resolution, which can seamlessly connect with MongoDB Altas
 
 - Support dynamic modification of MQTT Keep Alive to adapt to different energy consumption strategies.
diff --git a/include/emqx_release.hrl b/include/emqx_release.hrl
index 534a887c4..149683661 100644
--- a/include/emqx_release.hrl
+++ b/include/emqx_release.hrl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 -ifndef(EMQX_ENTERPRISE).
 
--define(EMQX_RELEASE, {opensource, "4.4-beta.1"}).
+-define(EMQX_RELEASE, {opensource, "4.4.0-rc.2"}).
 
 -else.
 
diff --git a/scripts/git-hook-pre-push.sh b/scripts/git-hook-pre-push.sh
index 5b3f2edf2..689604092 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hook-pre-push.sh
+++ b/scripts/git-hook-pre-push.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 url="$2"
 
+## ensure enterprise code is not pushed to public repo
 if [ -f 'EMQX_ENTERPRISE' ]; then
     if [[ "$url" != *emqx-enterprise* ]]; then
         echo "$(tput setaf 1)error: enterprise_code_to_non_enterprise_repo"
         exit 1
     fi
 fi
+
+## this triggers a tag vs release version check before pushing a tag
+./pkg-vsn.sh