diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6dec801..819ab5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 /kactivities-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kactivities-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kactivities-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kactivities-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kactivities.spec b/kf5-kactivities.spec
index 612655f..5f0af2f 100644
--- a/kf5-kactivities.spec
+++ b/kf5-kactivities.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
 Summary:        A KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 to organize user work into separate activities
-Version: 5.43.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 5.44.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 License:        GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://cgit.kde.org/%{framework}.git
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ make install/fast DESTDIR=%{buildroot} -C %{_target_platform}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 03 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.44.0-1
+- 5.44.0
+
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 5.43.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e81d2e8..51a86f5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kactivities-5.43.0.tar.xz) = 121a3704558bdc8fc4e71519face18593800a549b2cffff1919ccb0255a29d24075523e96ca3bdf7c999b0dca1dd8b30609b3db7e7538c94f550bb7d69f17c19
+SHA512 (kactivities-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 2b988cfbadbcade024ef8886bd8394c9b6bc6929909c88b4c8a494887d0918e6bf804c93929bb676b7cdf990b34975d246e6435ef7435e97265eda1ca86d12a8