Merge branch 'release-1.4.4' into 'master'

Release 1.4.4

See merge request !278

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -598,15 +598,13 @@ release-chart:
   except:
     refs:
       - release-latest
-  needs:
-    - build-helm
   before_script:
     - "echo ${CI_REGISTRY2_PASSWORD} | docker login --username ${CI_REGISTRY2_USER} --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY2_URL"
     - "apk add sed helm curl"
+    - "helm package ./helm/dbrepo --destination ./build"
     - "helm plugin install https://github.com/sigstore/helm-sigstore"
   script:
     - "helm push ./build/dbrepo-${CHART_VERSION}.tgz oci://${CI_REGISTRY2_URL}/helm"
-    - "helm sigstore upload ./build/dbrepo-${CHART_VERSION}.tgz"
 
 release-docs:
   stage: release