diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 748e448fd..4892753f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+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 000000000..3322d47d8
--- /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 32f44d85c..a5d64fe06 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Release notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   1.4.4
    1.4.3
    1.4.2
    1.4.1