diff --git a/Corona-Warn-App/build.gradle b/Corona-Warn-App/build.gradle
index 78fd7e894078a33843cccfa962432e91964eb350..bf915219e70d2444b35078ab5238ad0666874563 100644
--- a/Corona-Warn-App/build.gradle
+++ b/Corona-Warn-App/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ android {
         applicationId 'de.rki.coronawarnapp'
         minSdkVersion 23
         targetSdkVersion 29
-        versionCode 43
+        versionCode 44
         versionName "1.5.0"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"