Version 1.18.0-dev.4.4

Cherry-pick faaff39aa9efea958f56e29ba6c9cecfb84d4668 to dev
Cherry-pick ca4930357635d36d43433334271cdfd658a3a746 to dev
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 261629f..bc466cc 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 MINOR 18
 PATCH 0
 PRERELEASE 4
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 3
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 4