Pre-steps for release : 6.2.44.Final

Hibernate-CI · Hibernate-CI · commit 41736290a690 · 2025-08-31T00:02:54.000Z
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
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 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 6.2.44.Final (August 31, 2025)
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+
+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/35056
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-19740] - Collection table deletion for table per class subclass entity fails with UnknownTableReferenceException
+
+
 Changes in 6.2.43.Final (August 24, 2025)
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diff --git a/gradle/version.properties b/gradle/version.properties
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-hibernateVersion=6.2.44-SNAPSHOT
+hibernateVersion=6.2.44.Final
