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