Bump package.json version to 8.2.44

Issue: ARSN-549

Author: maeldonn

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20"
   },
-  "version": "8.2.43",
+  "version": "8.2.44",
   "description": "Common utilities for the S3 project components",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "repository": {