diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dee8a34..8c6811c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /kcmutils-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kcmutils-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kcmutils-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kcmutils-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kcmutils.spec b/kf5-kcmutils.spec
index d2e6b66..0c530fd 100644
--- a/kf5-kcmutils.spec
+++ b/kf5-kcmutils.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 5.44.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 addon with extra API to write KConfigModules
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ make test ARGS="--output-on-failure --timeout 300" -C %{_target_platform} ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 03 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.44.0-1
+- 5.44.0
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 5.43.0-3
 - Escape macros in %%changelog
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f7341ad..831176b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kcmutils-5.43.0.tar.xz) = 07c668fc50e2890809bac3287a37591abbfb26ff8f4fdb70ae4ebcd141cc54be78f7b3b86f20b68e582b16d6af85b507bae49fb4b7083f1ae61c340dae48115e
+SHA512 (kcmutils-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 251b939657766b31c8e61c1cb4a70d0f127eb7d9c4d8b1a0f3cc74cdc6da4e25c7f41587031606ec8608fc1780b20fc717b0a810b533af110f6f45ef99f5a189