diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1a00bd1..42b1d0a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: V8
 Type: Package
 Title: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R
-Version: 4.4.0
+Version: 4.4.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jeroen@berkeley.edu",
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b754830..8d6ac8a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.4.1
+  - Fix a printf warning for CRAN
+
 4.4.0
   - Windows (R-4.3 and up): update libv8 to 11.8.172.13 + arm64 support.
 
diff --git a/src/bindings.cpp b/src/bindings.cpp
index 047e6c1..51ec1cc 100644
--- a/src/bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void ConsoleWarn(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
   for (int i=0; i < args.Length(); i++) {
     v8::HandleScope handle_scope(args.GetIsolate());
     v8::String::Utf8Value str(args.GetIsolate(), args[i]);
-    Rf_warningcall_immediate(R_NilValue, ToCString(str));
+    Rf_warningcall_immediate(R_NilValue, "%s", ToCString(str));
   }
   //args.GetReturnValue().Set(v8::Undefined(args.GetIsolate()));
 }