diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d1ded60b..3849ef462 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ if (NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhac
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.44.09")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
-set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
+set(DF_VERSION "0.44.10")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha1")
+set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 4cd3d3ab1..fe1b05f90 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 ================================================================================
 # Future
 
+# 0.44.10-alpha1
+
 ## New Scripts
 - `gui/autogems`: a configuration UI for the `autogems` plugin
 
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index ba2871a84..03eedecfb 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ba2871a84f47b13f5616136be7b4af585fad0b31
+Subproject commit 03eedecfb3bb0eb3d71986e7e897770d9be0fad6
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
index 1a78d1ebf..a1cd002d6 160000
--- a/scripts
+++ b/scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1a78d1ebf9a53f06d4f91ca870baed7459955c4d
+Subproject commit a1cd002d60fdbf7b4c4bf833db41ec691746552b