diff --git a/pymongo/_version.py b/pymongo/_version.py
index 514dd7c36..a5885d8cc 100644
--- a/pymongo/_version.py
+++ b/pymongo/_version.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 """Current version of PyMongo."""
 from typing import Tuple, Union
 
-version_tuple: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = (4, 5, 0, ".dev1")
+version_tuple: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = (4, 4, 0, ".dev1")
 
 
 def get_version_string() -> str: