diff --git a/src/duckdb/src/function/table/version/pragma_version.cpp b/src/duckdb/src/function/table/version/pragma_version.cpp
index d71a2b8e0..d5a1641f4 100644
--- a/src/duckdb/src/function/table/version/pragma_version.cpp
+++ b/src/duckdb/src/function/table/version/pragma_version.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION
-#define DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION "3"
+#define DUCKDB_PATCH_VERSION "4-dev6"
 #endif
 #ifndef DUCKDB_MINOR_VERSION
 #define DUCKDB_MINOR_VERSION 4
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 #define DUCKDB_MAJOR_VERSION 1
 #endif
 #ifndef DUCKDB_VERSION
-#define DUCKDB_VERSION "v1.4.3"
+#define DUCKDB_VERSION "v1.4.4-dev6"
 #endif
 #ifndef DUCKDB_SOURCE_ID
-#define DUCKDB_SOURCE_ID "d1dc88f950"
+#define DUCKDB_SOURCE_ID "e92f41065f"
 #endif
 #include "duckdb/function/table/system_functions.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/main/database.hpp"
diff --git a/src/duckdb/src/include/duckdb/common/operator/integer_cast_operator.hpp b/src/duckdb/src/include/duckdb/common/operator/integer_cast_operator.hpp
index 8bf694c42..ccaef767c 100644
--- a/src/duckdb/src/include/duckdb/common/operator/integer_cast_operator.hpp
+++ b/src/duckdb/src/include/duckdb/common/operator/integer_cast_operator.hpp
@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@ struct IntegerDecimalCastOperation : IntegerCastOperation {
 		int16_t e = exponent;
 		// Negative Exponent
 		if (e < 0) {
-			while (state.result != 0 && e++ < 0) {
+			while (e++ < 0) {
 				state.decimal = state.result % 10;
 				state.result /= 10;
+				if (state.result == 0 && state.decimal == 0) {
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 			if (state.decimal < 0) {
 				state.decimal = -state.decimal;
diff --git a/src/duckdb/src/storage/compression/numeric_constant.cpp b/src/duckdb/src/storage/compression/numeric_constant.cpp
index 2407eb4df..1f2f73b26 100644
--- a/src/duckdb/src/storage/compression/numeric_constant.cpp
+++ b/src/duckdb/src/storage/compression/numeric_constant.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ void FiltersNullValues(const LogicalType &type, const TableFilter &filter, bool
 		auto &expr_filter = filter.Cast<ExpressionFilter>();
 		auto &state = filter_state.Cast<ExpressionFilterState>();
 		Value val(type);
-		filters_nulls = expr_filter.EvaluateWithConstant(state.executor, val);
+		//! If the expression evaluates to true, containing only a NULL vector, it *must* be an IS NULL filter
+		filters_nulls = !expr_filter.EvaluateWithConstant(state.executor, val);
 		filters_valid_values = false;
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/duckdb/src/storage/table/column_segment.cpp b/src/duckdb/src/storage/table/column_segment.cpp
index f7fcc25b3..347463fbe 100644
--- a/src/duckdb/src/storage/table/column_segment.cpp
+++ b/src/duckdb/src/storage/table/column_segment.cpp
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ void ColumnSegment::ConvertToPersistent(QueryContext context, optional_ptr<Block
 	// Thus, we set the compression function to constant and reset the block buffer.
 	D_ASSERT(stats.statistics.IsConstant());
 	auto &config = DBConfig::GetConfig(db);
-	if (GetCompressionFunction().type != CompressionType::COMPRESSION_EMPTY) {
-		function = *config.GetCompressionFunction(CompressionType::COMPRESSION_CONSTANT, type.InternalType());
-	}
+	function = *config.GetCompressionFunction(CompressionType::COMPRESSION_CONSTANT, type.InternalType());
 	block.reset();
 }