diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f1f9e5b..53939f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /kirigami2-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kirigami2-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kirigami2-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kirigami2-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kirigami2.spec b/kf5-kirigami2.spec
index 45fc702..b55da7f 100644
--- a/kf5-kirigami2.spec
+++ b/kf5-kirigami2.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:    kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
+Version: 5.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: QtQuick plugins to build user interfaces based on the KDE UX guidelines
 
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ make test ARGS="--output-on-failure --timeout 30" -C %{_target_platform} ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 03 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.44.0-1
+- 5.44.0
+
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.43.0-1
 - 5.43.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1788d2d..2ff883c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kirigami2-5.43.0.tar.xz) = a41a139170853853fd7520912eac273e0cff8b5b798e41fd44cff528d210703b650e86ef9c8e67d8b8f14b89ed63b419e71cebe0e499ed32e9374e9346013c3b
+SHA512 (kirigami2-5.44.0.tar.xz) = e0ea37fac3805449d691f1dcd7f3acb298c77552d42e94045d43ca62251932b6f1f0a48da4c1e60d1252819bc7f470afeffb4f00baeb041307886b2fea89e432