diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e758892e9..4b15adfc7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export OTP_VSN ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/scripts/get-otp-vsn.sh)
 export PKG_VSN ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/pkg-vsn.sh)
 export EMQX_DESC ?= EMQ X
 export EMQX_CE_DASHBOARD_VERSION ?= v4.3.3
+export DOCKERFILE=deploy/docker/Dockerfile
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 	export REBAR_COLOR=none
 endif
diff --git a/build b/build
index 24e79dda3..9375dfc8c 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ make_docker() {
        --build-arg RUN_FROM="${EMQX_RUNNER_IMAGE}" \
        --build-arg EMQX_NAME="$PROFILE" \
        --tag "emqx/$PROFILE:$PKG_VSN" \
-       -f deploy/docker/Dockerfile .
+       -f "${DOCKERFILE}" .
 }
 
 log "building artifact=$ARTIFACT for profile=$PROFILE"
diff --git a/lib-ce/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.app.src b/lib-ce/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.app.src
index e78f1c3f6..1604198dc 100644
--- a/lib-ce/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.app.src
+++ b/lib-ce/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.app.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {application, emqx_dashboard,
  [{description, "EMQ X Web Dashboard"},
-  {vsn, "4.3.7"}, % strict semver, bump manually!
+  {vsn, "4.4.0"}, % strict semver, bump manually!
   {modules, []},
   {registered, [emqx_dashboard_sup]},
   {applications, [kernel,stdlib,mnesia,minirest]},
diff --git a/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_modules.app.src b/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_modules.app.src
index 47a3d8888..87c1c083f 100644
--- a/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_modules.app.src
+++ b/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_modules.app.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {application, emqx_modules,
  [{description, "EMQ X Module Management"},
-  {vsn, "4.3.4"},
+  {vsn, "4.4.0"},
   {modules, []},
   {applications, [kernel,stdlib]},
   {mod, {emqx_modules_app, []}},
diff --git a/scripts/apps-version-check.sh b/scripts/apps-version-check.sh
index 7c2ea5eb2..241d0fc15 100755
--- a/scripts/apps-version-check.sh
+++ b/scripts/apps-version-check.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 latest_release=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+echo "Compare base: $latest_release"
 
 bad_app_count=0