diff --git a/lib/appdirs.py b/lib/appdirs.py
index ae67001a..2acd1deb 100644
--- a/lib/appdirs.py
+++ b/lib/appdirs.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ See <http://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs> for details and usage.
 # - Mac OS X: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/index.html
 # - XDG spec for Un*x: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
 
-__version_info__ = (1, 4, 3)
-__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
+__version__ = "1.4.4"
+__version_info__ = tuple(int(segment) for segment in __version__.split("."))
 
 
 import sys