diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm
index f18db5bd7..1b3d2e306 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Proxyarp.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		  );
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw( initialize );
-our $VERSION = '4.4_9';
+our $VERSION = '4.4_16';
 
 our @proxyarp;