diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a849ec..274f998 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /kded-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kded-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kded-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kded-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kded.spec b/kf5-kded.spec
index 7be2cb8..dd34892 100644
--- a/kf5-kded.spec
+++ b/kf5-kded.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global framework kded
 
 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 extensible daemon for system-level services
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_kf5_plugindir}/kded
 
 
 %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 ffd8406..c24908c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kded-5.43.0.tar.xz) = cb62ad4b0be13b103810a0396614da3a6137076041102a6aca5b30c477b5bab472298bdedd869e3476725dd21368075273193afd7027b9dcf1ad84594f6bbb32
+SHA512 (kded-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 571dc3e54e5d17dd46b99080c15314d711da93d26fd2e4cc39f6acd14f34ec775ec504275459b40d81613421d19411c5480f23ddcd783027e0f621ac2160a1b7