diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25fe3e9a..48e8e05b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ package.xml
 .idea
 .php_cs.cache
 docs/_build
+var
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 801d43df..dfc04df9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ## Unreleased
  - ...
 
+## 3.4.4 (2020-03-16)
+ - Improve `release` option default value (#325)
+
 ## 3.4.3 (2020-02-03)
  - Change default of `in_app_include` to empty, due to getsentry/sentry-php#958 (#311)
  - Improve class_alias robustness (#315)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f907e6dc..add30202 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.1",
         "jean85/pretty-package-versions": "^1.0",
-        "ocramius/package-versions": "^1.3.0",
         "sentry/sdk": "^2.1",
         "symfony/config": "^3.4||^4.0||^5.0",
         "symfony/console": "^3.4||^4.0||^5.0",
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 198f0394..af1326dc 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Sentry\SentryBundle\DependencyInjection;
 
+use Jean85\PrettyVersions;
 use PackageVersions\Versions;
 use Sentry\Options;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\ArrayNodeDefinition;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
             ->prototype('scalar');
         $optionsChildNodes->scalarNode('project_root');
         $optionsChildNodes->scalarNode('release')
-            ->defaultValue(Versions::getVersion(Versions::ROOT_PACKAGE_NAME))
+            ->defaultValue(PrettyVersions::getVersion(Versions::ROOT_PACKAGE_NAME)->getPrettyVersion())
             ->info('Release version to be reported to sentry, see https://docs.sentry.io/workflow/releases/?platform=php')
             ->example('my/application@ff11bb');
         $optionsChildNodes->floatNode('sample_rate')
diff --git a/test/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/test/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index c0f644de..0c7f6629 100644
--- a/test/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/test/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Sentry\SentryBundle\Test\DependencyInjection;
 
-use PackageVersions\Versions;
+use Jean85\PrettyVersions;
 use Sentry\Options;
 use Sentry\SentryBundle\DependencyInjection\Configuration;
 use Sentry\SentryBundle\Test\BaseTestCase;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public function testConfigurationDefaults(): void
                 'excluded_exceptions' => [],
                 'prefixes' => $defaultSdkValues->getPrefixes(),
                 'tags' => [],
-                'release' => Versions::getVersion('sentry/sentry-symfony'),
+                'release' => PrettyVersions::getVersion('sentry/sentry-symfony')->getPrettyVersion(),
             ],
             'monolog' => [
                 'error_handler' => [
diff --git a/test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php b/test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php
index c8233e29..e6f5e2f5 100644
--- a/test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php
+++ b/test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public function testOptionsDefaultValues(): void
 
         $this->assertNull($options->getDsn());
         $this->assertSame('test', $options->getEnvironment());
-        $this->assertSame([realpath('./var/cache'), '/dir/project/root/vendor'], $options->getInAppExcludedPaths());
+        $this->assertSame([$container->getParameter('kernel.cache_dir'), '/dir/project/root/vendor'], $options->getInAppExcludedPaths());
 
         $this->assertSame(1, $container->getParameter('sentry.listener_priorities.request'));
         $this->assertSame(1, $container->getParameter('sentry.listener_priorities.sub_request'));
diff --git a/var/cache/.gitignore b/var/cache/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9daeafb9..00000000
--- a/var/cache/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-test