diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ce09e3f0fd..3ad5e459a6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Change Log
 ===
 
+v4.4.1
+---
+
+* [bugfix] errant space in recommended ruleset (couldn't find `no-misused-new`)
+
 v4.4.0
 ---
 
@@ -45,7 +50,6 @@ Thanks to our contributors!
 * Krati Ahuja
 * Martin Probst
 * Mohsen Azimi
-* Noah Chen
 * Romke van der Meulen
 * cameron-mcateer
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d01bd664ac..bc8dd853844 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tslint",
-  "version": "4.4.0",
+  "version": "4.4.1",
   "description": "An extensible static analysis linter for the TypeScript language",
   "bin": {
     "tslint": "./bin/tslint"
diff --git a/src/configs/latest.ts b/src/configs/latest.ts
index 2bc6fca18e1..0a10c824dec 100644
--- a/src/configs/latest.ts
+++ b/src/configs/latest.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const rules = {
     // added in v4.4
     "arrow-return-shorthand": true,
     "no-unnecessary-initializer": true,
-    "no-misused-new ": true,
+    "no-misused-new": true,
 };
 // tslint:enable object-literal-sort-keys
 
diff --git a/src/linter.ts b/src/linter.ts
index 994e5305a08..b66d02e2a0f 100644
--- a/src/linter.ts
+++ b/src/linter.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { arrayify, dedent } from "./utils";
  * Linter that can lint multiple files in consecutive runs.
  */
 class Linter {
-    public static VERSION = "4.4.0";
+    public static VERSION = "4.4.1";
 
     public static findConfiguration = findConfiguration;
     public static findConfigurationPath = findConfigurationPath;
diff --git a/src/rules/adjacentOverloadSignaturesRule.ts b/src/rules/adjacentOverloadSignaturesRule.ts
index eb896aefee6..c44db5ee8ba 100644
--- a/src/rules/adjacentOverloadSignaturesRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/adjacentOverloadSignaturesRule.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class AdjacentOverloadSignaturesWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
 
     /** 'getOverloadName' may return undefined for nodes that cannot be overloads, e.g. a `const` declaration. */
     private checkOverloadsAdjacent<T extends ts.Node>(overloads: T[], getOverload: (node: T) => Overload | undefined) {
-        let lastKey: string | undefined = undefined;
+        let lastKey: string | undefined;
         const seen = new Set<string>();
         for (const node of overloads) {
             const overload = getOverload(node);
diff --git a/src/rules/commentFormatRule.ts b/src/rules/commentFormatRule.ts
index b2dfa406764..995ec565203 100644
--- a/src/rules/commentFormatRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/commentFormatRule.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class CommentWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
         if (exceptionsObject["ignore-words"]) {
             const ignoreWords = exceptionsObject["ignore-words"] as string[];
             this.failureIgnorePart = Rule.IGNORE_WORDS_FAILURE_FACTORY(ignoreWords);
-            // Converts all exceptions values to strings, trim whitespace, escapes RegExp special characters and combines into alternation  
+            // Converts all exceptions values to strings, trim whitespace, escapes RegExp special characters and combines into alternation
             const wordsPattern = ignoreWords
                 .map(String)
                 .map((str) => str.trim())
diff --git a/src/rules/memberAccessRule.ts b/src/rules/memberAccessRule.ts
index 391a92e8e2a..84a6f33a1d4 100644
--- a/src/rules/memberAccessRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/memberAccessRule.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class MemberAccessWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
                 throw new Error("unhandled node type");
             }
 
-            let memberName: string|undefined = undefined;
+            let memberName: string|undefined;
             // look for the identifier and get its text
             if (node.name !== undefined && node.name.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.Identifier) {
                 memberName = (node.name as ts.Identifier).text;
diff --git a/src/rules/noUnusedVariableRule.ts b/src/rules/noUnusedVariableRule.ts
index dfa3c74c260..437cfd1e53a 100644
--- a/src/rules/noUnusedVariableRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/noUnusedVariableRule.ts
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class NoUnusedVariablesWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
     }
 
     private fail(type: string, name: string, position: number, replacements?: Lint.Replacement[]) {
-        let fix: Lint.Fix | undefined = undefined;
+        let fix: Lint.Fix | undefined;
         if (replacements && replacements.length) {
             fix = new Lint.Fix(Rule.metadata.ruleName, replacements);
         }
diff --git a/src/rules/oneLineRule.ts b/src/rules/oneLineRule.ts
index 89ae394d58d..89304f96cc0 100644
--- a/src/rules/oneLineRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/oneLineRule.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class OneLineWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
 
         const previousNodeLine = this.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(previousNode.getEnd()).line;
         const openBraceLine = this.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(openBraceToken.getStart()).line;
-        let failure: string | undefined = undefined;
+        let failure: string | undefined;
 
         if (this.hasOption(OPTION_BRACE) && previousNodeLine !== openBraceLine) {
             failure = Rule.BRACE_FAILURE_STRING;
diff --git a/src/rules/preferForOfRule.ts b/src/rules/preferForOfRule.ts
index d4e546df2c9..9749e333d64 100644
--- a/src/rules/preferForOfRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/preferForOfRule.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class PreferForOfWalker extends Lint.BlockScopeAwareRuleWalker<void, Incrementor
     protected visitForStatement(node: ts.ForStatement) {
         const arrayNodeInfo = this.getForLoopHeaderInfo(node);
         const currentBlockScope = this.getCurrentBlockScope();
-        let indexVariableName: string | undefined = undefined;
+        let indexVariableName: string | undefined;
         if (node.incrementor != null && arrayNodeInfo != null) {
             const { indexVariable, arrayToken } = arrayNodeInfo;
             indexVariableName = indexVariable.getText();
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class PreferForOfWalker extends Lint.BlockScopeAwareRuleWalker<void, Incrementor
 
     // returns the iterator and array of a `for` loop if the `for` loop is basic. Otherwise, `null`
     private getForLoopHeaderInfo(forLoop: ts.ForStatement) {
-        let indexVariableName: string | undefined = undefined;
-        let indexVariable: ts.Identifier | undefined = undefined;
+        let indexVariableName: string | undefined;
+        let indexVariable: ts.Identifier | undefined;
 
         // assign `indexVariableName` if initializer is simple and starts at 0
         if (forLoop.initializer != null && forLoop.initializer.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.VariableDeclarationList) {
diff --git a/src/rules/whitespaceRule.ts b/src/rules/whitespaceRule.ts
index da72b04eb22..18aa338f5af 100644
--- a/src/rules/whitespaceRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/whitespaceRule.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class WhitespaceWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
         if (this.hasOption(OPTION_MODULE) && importClause != null) {
             // an import clause can have _both_ named bindings and a name (the latter for the default import)
             // but the named bindings always come last, so we only need to check that for whitespace
-            let position: number | undefined = undefined;
+            let position: number | undefined;
             if (importClause.namedBindings !== undefined) {
                 position = importClause.namedBindings.getEnd();
             } else if (importClause.name !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/test.ts b/src/test.ts
index 9c4887352aa..ed3510205eb 100644
--- a/src/test.ts
+++ b/src/test.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function runTest(testDirectory: string, rulesDirectory?: string | string[
         const fileTextWithoutMarkup = parse.removeErrorMarkup(fileText);
         const errorsFromMarkup = parse.parseErrorsFromMarkup(fileText);
 
-        let program: ts.Program | undefined = undefined;
+        let program: ts.Program | undefined;
         if (tslintConfig !== undefined && tslintConfig.linterOptions && tslintConfig.linterOptions.typeCheck) {
             const compilerHost: ts.CompilerHost = {
                 fileExists: () => true,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1b29d28be62..fee9777b8f0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -57,15 +57,9 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/underscore.string@0.0.30":
-  version "0.0.30"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/underscore.string/-/underscore.string-0.0.30.tgz#b027548c7397bd0de290be70c9f60eb34efe391a"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/underscore" "*"
-
-"@types/underscore@*", "@types/underscore@^1.7.36":
-  version "1.7.36"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/underscore/-/underscore-1.7.36.tgz#e2900fd4ff7a71b742d4a7ab98ffe17b04b068c0"
+"@types/update-notifier@^1.0.0":
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/update-notifier/-/update-notifier-1.0.0.tgz#3ae6206a6d67c01ffddb9a1eac4cd9b518d534ee"
 
 ansi-align@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
@@ -919,7 +913,7 @@ split@0.3:
   dependencies:
     through "2"
 
-sprintf-js@^1.0.3, sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
+sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz#04e6926f662895354f3dd015203633b857297e2c"
 
@@ -987,8 +981,8 @@ timed-out@^3.0.0:
   version "0.0.1"
 
 tslint@latest:
-  version "4.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslint/-/tslint-4.2.0.tgz#b9f5c5b871b784ab2f4809e704ade42d62f523ad"
+  version "4.4.0"
+  resolved "https://https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslint/-/tslint-4.4.0.tgz#748d17bf8598dd044cca5771a03353ea422da29e"
   dependencies:
     babel-code-frame "^6.20.0"
     colors "^1.1.2"
@@ -997,7 +991,6 @@ tslint@latest:
     glob "^7.1.1"
     optimist "~0.6.0"
     resolve "^1.1.7"
-    underscore.string "^3.3.4"
     update-notifier "^1.0.2"
 
 type-detect@0.1.1:
@@ -1012,13 +1005,6 @@ typescript@2.1.4:
   version "2.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.1.4.tgz#b53b69fb841126acb1dd4b397d21daba87572251"
 
-underscore.string@^3.3.4:
-  version "3.3.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/underscore.string/-/underscore.string-3.3.4.tgz#2c2a3f9f83e64762fdc45e6ceac65142864213db"
-  dependencies:
-    sprintf-js "^1.0.3"
-    util-deprecate "^1.0.2"
-
 unzip-response@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unzip-response/-/unzip-response-1.0.2.tgz#b984f0877fc0a89c2c773cc1ef7b5b232b5b06fe"
@@ -1042,7 +1028,7 @@ url-parse-lax@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     prepend-http "^1.0.1"
 
-util-deprecate@^1.0.2, util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
+util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"