new release 3.6.44

diff --git a/annotation-file-utilities/annotation-file-utilities.html b/annotation-file-utilities/annotation-file-utilities.html
index 4d14972..8bd8874 100644
--- a/annotation-file-utilities/annotation-file-utilities.html
+++ b/annotation-file-utilities/annotation-file-utilities.html

@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@
 
 <p>
 The current release is Annotation File Utilities version
-<!-- afu-version -->3.6.43, 03 Jul 2017<!-- /afu-version -->.
+<!-- afu-version -->3.6.44, 03 Aug 2017<!-- /afu-version -->.
 </p>
 
 <ol>
 <li>
   Download
-  <a href="annotation-tools-3.6.43.zip"><!-- annotation-tools-zip-version -->annotation-tools-3.6.43.zip<!-- /annotation-tools-zip-version --></a>.
+  <a href="annotation-tools-3.6.44.zip"><!-- annotation-tools-zip-version -->annotation-tools-3.6.44.zip<!-- /annotation-tools-zip-version --></a>.
 </li>
 
 <li>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
   unpacking the distribution zipfile (a standard place to do this is in a
   directory <code>~/jsr308/</code>):
 
-  <pre><code>unzip annotation-tools-3.6.43.zip</code></pre>
+  <pre><code>unzip annotation-tools-3.6.44.zip</code></pre>
 
   The <code>annotation-tools</code> directory must be a sibling of the <code>jsr308-langtools</code>
   directory (available at <a href="https://checkerframework.org/jsr308/">https://checkerframework.org/jsr308/</a>).

diff --git a/scene-lib/src/annotations/io/classfile/ClassFileReader.java b/scene-lib/src/annotations/io/classfile/ClassFileReader.java
index 06b06a8..03bb7a3 100644
--- a/scene-lib/src/annotations/io/classfile/ClassFileReader.java
+++ b/scene-lib/src/annotations/io/classfile/ClassFileReader.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 public class ClassFileReader {
 
   public static final String INDEX_UTILS_VERSION
-    = "Annotation File Utilities v3.6.43";
+    = "Annotation File Utilities v3.6.44";
 
   @Option("-b omit annotations from bridge (compiler-created) methods")
   public static boolean ignore_bridge_methods = false;