diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 121e22a4..55a0279d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 rust-version = "1.83"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-compression-codecs = { version = "0.4.43", path = "crates/compression-codecs" }
+compression-codecs = { version = "0.4.44", path = "crates/compression-codecs" }
 compression-core = { version = "0.4.33", path = "crates/compression-core" }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/crates/async-compression/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/async-compression/CHANGELOG.md
index cd895e94..64f3d29b 100644
--- a/crates/async-compression/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/async-compression/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.4.49](https://github.com/Nullus157/async-compression/compare/async-compression-v0.4.48...async-compression-v0.4.49) - 2026-09-29
+
+### Added
+
+- *(brotli)* add optional mbrotli backend ([#492](https://github.com/Nullus157/async-compression/pull/492))
+
 ## [0.4.48](https://github.com/Nullus157/async-compression/compare/async-compression-v0.4.47...async-compression-v0.4.48) - 2026-09-16
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/async-compression/Cargo.toml b/crates/async-compression/Cargo.toml
index e22fff99..d5a8eb77 100644
--- a/crates/async-compression/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/async-compression/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "async-compression"
-version = "0.4.48"
+version = "0.4.49"
 description = """
 Adaptors between compression crates and Rust's modern asynchronous IO types.
 """
diff --git a/crates/compression-codecs/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/compression-codecs/CHANGELOG.md
index b857e330..b246aec5 100644
--- a/crates/compression-codecs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/compression-codecs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.4.44](https://github.com/Nullus157/async-compression/compare/compression-codecs-v0.4.43...compression-codecs-v0.4.44) - 2026-09-29
+
+### Added
+
+- *(brotli)* add optional mbrotli backend ([#492](https://github.com/Nullus157/async-compression/pull/492))
+
 ## [0.4.43](https://github.com/Nullus157/async-compression/compare/compression-codecs-v0.4.42...compression-codecs-v0.4.43) - 2026-09-16
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/compression-codecs/Cargo.toml b/crates/compression-codecs/Cargo.toml
index 9e8200ed..c91ac143 100644
--- a/crates/compression-codecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/compression-codecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "compression-codecs"
-version = "0.4.43"
+version = "0.4.44"
 description = """
 Adaptors for various compression algorithms.
 """