diff --git a/packages/synthetic-chain/package.json b/packages/synthetic-chain/package.json
index 3ccc6b6a..79088611 100644
--- a/packages/synthetic-chain/package.json
+++ b/packages/synthetic-chain/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agoric/synthetic-chain",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "description": "Utilities to build a chain and test proposals atop it",
   "bin": "dist/cli/cli.js",
   "main": "./dist/lib/index.js",