diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b85187..a0f583f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /ImageMagick-6.9.12-40.tar.xz
 /ImageMagick-6.9.12-42.tar.xz
 /ImageMagick-6.9.12-43.tar.xz
+/ImageMagick-6.9.12-44.tar.xz
diff --git a/ImageMagick.spec b/ImageMagick.spec
index 400acce..55e8333 100644
--- a/ImageMagick.spec
+++ b/ImageMagick.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %global VER 6.9.12
-%global Patchlevel 43
+%global Patchlevel 44
 # Disable automatic .la file removal
 %global __brp_remove_la_files %nil
 
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ rm PerlMagick/demo/Generic.ttf
 %doc PerlMagick/demo/ PerlMagick/Changelog PerlMagick/README.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 28 2022 Luya Tshimbalanga <luya@fedoraproject.org> - 1:6.9.12.44-1
+- New upstream release 6.9.12.44
+
 * Wed Mar 23 2022 Luya Tshimbalanga <luya@fedoraproject.org> - 1:6.9.12.43-1
 - New upstream release 6.9.12.43
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b28946b..11b948f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ImageMagick-6.9.12-43.tar.xz) = 24578c0eed54b5c3067f3c658cc9187f8ad42b97d63c36833f34e5a1ce5ff025f9ec3d74196f5af18176d9a0b07d9169863590ca5945bd68f7b88c6910f5a10a
+SHA512 (ImageMagick-6.9.12-44.tar.xz) = cf0c34796d4250296d55782931743bc396fd1485c5b638b6de6f7bc5d16048e6cddbb4b17f5c98d604c7af7f13217c31d57f39087d8a2c761aed8703f41e0993