diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ead70b7..2494d6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 4.4.3 / 2024.10.04
+
+* [BUGFIX] Use correct buffer size for unix sockets. See [#256][]
+
 ## 4.4.2 / 2024.06.03
 
 * [BUGFIX] Fix sampling and visibility issues with new direct client. See [#249][]
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ Fork from [indeedeng/java-dogstatsd-client] (https://github.com/indeedeng/java-d
 [#243]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/243
 [#247]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/247
 [#249]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/249
+[#256]: https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/256
 
 
 [@PatrickAuld]: https://github.com/PatrickAuld
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97dd394..c1dc119 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The client jar is distributed via Maven central, and can be downloaded [from Mav
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.2</version>
+    <version>4.4.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0cbb3e9..c816a34 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>java-dogstatsd-client</name>
-    <version>4.4.2</version>
+    <version>4.4.3</version>
     <description>A tiny library allowing Java applications to communicate with DataDog statsd instances easily.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client</url>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java
index 7b72132..ae0ad5d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public synchronized void handle(Exception exception) {
         lastException = exception;
     }
 
+    synchronized boolean lastExceptionMessageContains(String s) {
+        String msg = lastException.getMessage();
+        return msg != null && msg.contains(s);
+    }
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void supportedOnly() throws IOException {
         Assume.assumeTrue(TestHelpers.isUdsAvailable());
@@ -108,22 +113,19 @@ public void resist_dsd_restart() throws Exception {
 
         // Close the server, client should throw an IOException
         server.close();
-        while(lastException.getMessage() == null) {
+        while(!lastExceptionMessageContains("Connection refused")) {
             client.gauge("mycount", 20);
             Thread.sleep(10);
         }
-        // Depending on the state of the client at that point we might get different messages.
-        assertThat(lastException.getMessage(), anyOf(containsString("Connection refused"), containsString("Broken pipe")));
 
         // Delete the socket file, client should throw an IOException
         lastException = new Exception();
         socketFile.delete();
 
         client.gauge("mycount", 21);
-        while(lastException.getMessage() == null) {
+        while(!lastExceptionMessageContains("No such file or directory")) {
             Thread.sleep(10);
         }
-        assertThat(lastException.getMessage(), containsString("No such file or directory"));
 
         // Re-open the server, next send should work OK
         DummyStatsDServer server2;