diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index bacacbd040..7f896fcbad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Failures on sending moderation notification emails now produce a warning, rather than crashing the admin page outright (Matt Fozard)
 
 
+1.4.4 (xx.xx.2016)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* The `wagtailuserbar` template tag now gracefully handles situations where the `request` object is not in the template context (Matt Westcott)
+
+
 1.4.3 (04.04.2016)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.4.rst b/docs/releases/1.4.4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3322d47d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/1.4.4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+===========================
+Wagtail 1.4.4 release notes
+===========================
+
+.. contents::
+    :local:
+    :depth: 1
+
+
+What's changed
+==============
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* The ``wagtailuserbar`` template tag now gracefully handles situations where the ``request`` object is not in the template context (Matt Westcott)
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.rst b/docs/releases/index.rst
index e7e957d864..55bc09fecf 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release notes
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    1.5
+   1.4.4
    1.4.3
    1.4.2
    1.4.1