diff --git a/pkg/obilua/luahttp.go b/pkg/obilua/luahttp.go
index 5e85068..07d80e6 100644
--- a/pkg/obilua/luahttp.go
+++ b/pkg/obilua/luahttp.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ var _httpClient = &http.Client{
 	Timeout: httpClientTimeout,
 }
 
-// RegisterHTTP registers the http module in the Lua state.
+// RegisterHTTP registers the http module in the Lua state as a global,
+// consistent with obicontext and BioSequence.
 //
 // Exposes:
 //
diff --git a/pkg/obioptions/version.go b/pkg/obioptions/version.go
index 122a9b4..31199eb 100644
--- a/pkg/obioptions/version.go
+++ b/pkg/obioptions/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package obioptions
 // Version is automatically updated by the Makefile from version.txt
 // The patch number (third digit) is incremented on each push to the repository
 
-var _Version = "Release 4.4.32"
+var _Version = "Release 4.4.33"
 
 // Version returns the version of the obitools package.
 //
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index d5fc18f..1cfc545 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.32
+4.4.33