release(main): v0.44.1 (#1510)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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## 0.44.1 (2026-03-09)

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## What's Changed
### Fixes 🔧
* fix: Improve log messaging for CIDR preflight check by @legacyrj in
#1505


**Full Changelog**:
v0.44.0...v0.44.1

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.release-please-manifest.json

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+  ".": "0.44.1"
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CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## 0.44.1 (2026-03-09)
+
+<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yaml at main -->
+
+## What's Changed
+### Fixes 🔧
+* fix: Improve log messaging for CIDR preflight check by @legacyrj in https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/pull/1505
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/compare/v0.44.0...v0.44.1
+
 ## 0.44.0 (2026-02-27)
 
 <!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yaml at main -->

docs/hugo.toml

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 # The version number for the version of the docs represented in this doc set.
 # Used in the "version-banner" partial to display a version number for the
 # current doc set.
-version = "0.44.0"
+version = "0.44.1"
 
 # A link to latest version of the docs. Used in the "version-banner" partial to
 # point people to the main doc site.