diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 784b646..8697fcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /gdcm-2.4.1.tar.bz2
 /gdcm-2.4.2.tar.bz2
 /gdcm-2.4.3.tar.bz2
+/gdcm-2.4.4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/gdcm.spec b/gdcm.spec
index 465b09d..61e9d28 100644
--- a/gdcm.spec
+++ b/gdcm.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 }
 
 Name:		gdcm
-Version:	2.4.3
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Version:	2.4.4
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library to parse DICOM medical files
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 License:	BSD
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ make test -C %{_target_platform} || exit 0
 %{python3_sitearch}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 25 2014 Sebastian Pölsterl <sebp@k-d-w.org> - 2.4.4-1
+- Update to 2.4.4
+
 * Sat Aug 16 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.3-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2813261..dbd278d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-d378eff34554964d9146a6d1358651a2  gdcm-2.4.3.tar.bz2
+c1fd2a9595236a03d114370e9c42ef48  gdcm-2.4.4.tar.bz2
 9e73255514b7406f365b615319ed9699  gdcmData.tar.gz