diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e96fa82..52e25a2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -214,3 +214,4 @@ git_issues.md
 todo_executor.md
 protect-all-except-feature.sh
 manage-collab.sh
+publish.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crawl4ai/__version__.py b/crawl4ai/__version__.py
index 073b371c..e38cc61b 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/__version__.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # crawl4ai/_version.py
-__version__ = "0.3.743"
+__version__ = "0.3.744"