diff --git a/.release-please-individual-manifest.json b/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
index 0f5ab7b0ed7e..35223b7871aa 100644
--- a/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/bigframes": "2.43.0",
+  "packages/bigframes": "2.44.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-bigtable": "2.39.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-compute": "1.48.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-firestore": "2.27.0",
diff --git a/librarian.yaml b/librarian.yaml
index eb38359a0aa8..d5bc7a5fa00b 100644
--- a/librarian.yaml
+++ b/librarian.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ default:
     library_type: GAPIC_AUTO
 libraries:
   - name: bigframes
-    version: 2.43.0
+    version: 2.44.0
     skip_release: true
     python:
       library_type: INTEGRATION
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/bigframes/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a44900bf1be..f71f27220003 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/bigframes/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,31 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/bigframes/#history
 
+## [2.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigframes-v2.43.0...bigframes-v2.44.0) (2026-06-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add date functions to `bigframes.bigquery` module ([#17514](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17514)) ([e5d2e35](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e5d2e35db94373ca395976fd755c2bc7e0a060bd))
+* **bigframes:** add AI TVFs to the pandas bq accessor ([#17402](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17402)) ([ee74e31](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ee74e3140a2e11936c36714a27393c3072bed6c7))
+* Experimental transpilation of unannotated python callables ([#17419](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17419)) ([ea9aad9](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ea9aad9a43c306ab109054183b257e6c41a1b2e6))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid invalid CAST(NULL AS NULL) in SQLGlot compiler ([#17487](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17487)) ([3b79caa](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3b79caa8f40f61ccd7c655542e9f242f34e068e2))
+* **bigframes:** world-readable temp zip in create_cloud_function ([#17522](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17522)) ([e726878](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e7268785c6736c10c1337160b4d8606975062637))
+* bump @angular/common, @angular/forms, @angular/platform-browser and @angular/router in /packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular ([#17525](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17525)) ([2f893b1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/2f893b1b53e7394655fd204d1f8a138212ad8227))
+* bump langsmith from 0.8.0 to 0.8.18 in /packages/bigframes ([#17518](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17518)) ([f23063f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/f23063f9182cdec868c16afb80304892850fbe88))
+* bump msgpack from 1.1.1 to 1.2.1 in /packages/bigframes ([#17520](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17520)) ([36b5b7e](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/36b5b7ebb01030a2d0f10d49fe4827ddc79dde9a))
+* bump undici and @angular/build in /packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular ([#17519](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17519)) ([6fc45e3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6fc45e3790c5a248dcec4b74799834c7b9219ef0))
+* handle empty endpoints during cloud function reuse ([#17501](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17501)) ([4f5593a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/4f5593a520b5afdeb02cc28f19a9596dbc35a90f))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* ensure that PlotAccessor is included in the API reference ([#17513](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17513)) ([6febabf](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6febabf795106a0c336dc905fc23da88d8cc94a0))
+
 ## [2.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigframes-v2.42.0...bigframes-v2.43.0) (2026-06-12)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/version.py b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/version.py
index da85cfd043d2..0b3590886395 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/version.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/version.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.43.0"
+__version__ = "2.44.0"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
 __release_date__ = "2026-06-12"
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py b/packages/bigframes/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
index da85cfd043d2..0b3590886395 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.43.0"
+__version__ = "2.44.0"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
 __release_date__ = "2026-06-12"