diff --git a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Controller/ApiController.php b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Controller/ApiController.php
index 134aca46d20df..f97dc3a095bf6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Controller/ApiController.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Controller/ApiController.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public function getModel($name = 'Api', $prefix = 'Administrator', $config = [])
*
* @return void
*
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
* @throws \Exception
*/
private function checkFileSize(int $fileSize)
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/TaskModel.php b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/TaskModel.php
index 4555a0ec26c01..e9ce19d27afa2 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/TaskModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/TaskModel.php
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public function getTask(array $options = []): ?\stdClass
*
* @param \JDatabaseDriver $db The database driver to use.
* @return bool True if there are running tasks, false otherwise.
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
*/
private function hasRunningTasks($db): bool
{
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ private function hasRunningTasks($db): bool
* - allowDisabled: Whether to allow disabled tasks.
* - id: The ID of the task.
* @return Query The lock query.
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
*/
private function buildLockQuery($db, $now, $options)
{
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static function (TaskOption $taskOption): string {
* - allowDisabled: Whether to allow disabled tasks.
* @return array The ID of the next task, or an empty array if no task is found.
*
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
* @throws \RuntimeException If there is an error executing the query.
*/
private function getNextTaskId($db, $now, $options)
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static function (TaskOption $taskOption): string {
* @param \JDatabaseDriver $db The database driver to use.
* @param string $now The current time in the database's time format.
* @return \stdClass|null The fetched task object, or null if no task was found.
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
* @throws \RuntimeException If there was an error executing the query.
*/
private function fetchTask($db, $now): ?\stdClass
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
index b736db8304d22..ddb90d1b6a3a9 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB)
en-GB
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 9e6dd520b95bd..2866844743231 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (en-GB)
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index ca1be4f3c207a..570750ad8fea2 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
www.joomla.org
(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.
GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
- 4.4.9-dev
- 2024-08
+ 4.4.9-rc1
+ 2024-10
FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION
administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
index 35f9447a35259..2d5a37a2aded0 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB) Language Pack
en-GB
4.4.9.1
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 2cf9dbeacd652..1ab98fb5e412d 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB)
en-GB
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 269a63567e801..9a5c33d6f5388 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (en-GB)
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index edf4e3e969dd5..fbb5c50f57887 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (United Kingdom)
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
(C) 2005 Open Source Matters, Inc.
GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/language/en-GB/install.xml b/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 19d9dee9d22e0..90427ab1834cf 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB)
en-GB
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index a25523036c1d1..6c766f5a14956 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (en-GB)
4.4.9
- 2024-08
+ 2024-10
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/libraries/src/Pagination/Pagination.php b/libraries/src/Pagination/Pagination.php
index 1d2d3351dc4bc..658afd027e5d7 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Pagination/Pagination.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Pagination/Pagination.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Pagination
*
* @var string[]
*
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
*/
protected $paramsFromRequest = [
'format' => 'CMD',
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public function __construct($total, $limitstart, $limit, $prefix = '', CMSApplic
*
* @return void
*
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 4.4.9
*/
protected function setUrlParamsFromRequest()
{
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index 73978a3fc0854..0913ae2e0897b 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.8.0
*/
- public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'dev';
+ public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc1';
/**
* Development status.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.5
*/
- public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+ public const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
/**
* Code name.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.5
*/
- public const RELDATE = '27-August-2024';
+ public const RELDATE = '8-October-2024';
/**
* Release time.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.5
*/
- public const RELTIME = '16:01';
+ public const RELTIME = '16:00';
/**
* Release timezone.