diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f8babf9..bd36cd50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 <!-- New entries go after this line -->
 
+## v4.4.0-pre.2 - 2023-03-19 [Pre-release]
+
+[See the full changelog](https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge/compare/v4.4.0-pre.1...v4.4.0-pre.2)
+
+Hot fix for a bug that lead to channel loss upon restart of TL.
+
 ## v4.4.0-pre.1 - 2023-03-19 [Pre-release]
 
 [See the full changelog](https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge/compare/v4.3.1...v4.4.0-pre.1)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b8fa9e5..ad59777c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "thelounge",
   "description": "The self-hosted Web IRC client",
-  "version": "4.4.0-pre.1",
+  "version": "4.4.0-pre.2",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "bin": {
     "thelounge": "index.js"