diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 6e79e8dcbb75c..2c1617140bc96 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 1f08ebac7723c..2de9615cb6dc1 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="administrator">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index 6a29533fea0c0..436c7c3a3e4ba 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>4.4.1-dev</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<version>4.4.1-rc1</version>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
 	<scriptfile>administrator/components/com_admin/script.php</scriptfile>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
index 45d921b7e2dd9..f431914cc6a35 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB) Language Pack</name>
 	<packagename>en-GB</packagename>
 	<version>4.4.1.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 4ff9d7a556330..db7f63977d1c7 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 62be816bcad6d..fae03d9aeb0ce 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="api">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index e99473da18752..e704dd0e59e23 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="installation">
 	<name>English (United Kingdom)</name>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<copyright>(C) 2005 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/install.xml b/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 17dfee22b79e5..4f83fbba25b9f 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 4ca0c971a3ffa..554d0a06e5ddc 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="site">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2023-10</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2023-11</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index afcfec5baaf6b..e36e4167e2cb2 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.8.0
      */
-    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'dev';
+    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc1';
 
     /**
      * Development status.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
 
     /**
      * Code name.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELDATE = '17-October-2023';
+    public const RELDATE = '28-November-2023';
 
     /**
      * Release time.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELTIME = '16:01';
+    public const RELTIME = '16:00';
 
     /**
      * Release timezone.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fe1b47024b32..33dac8d06012f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@
     "stylelint-order": "^5.0.0",
     "stylelint-scss": "^4.7.0"
   }
-}
+}
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