diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cab54e4..c79c706 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /kitemmodels-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kitemmodels-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kitemmodels-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kitemmodels-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kitemmodels.spec b/kf5-kitemmodels.spec
index 0ccdfef..9bd58ae 100644
--- a/kf5-kitemmodels.spec
+++ b/kf5-kitemmodels.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global framework kitemmodels
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
+Version: 5.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 addon with item models
 
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ 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 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.43.0-1
 - 5.43.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index aab119e..99a2335 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kitemmodels-5.43.0.tar.xz) = 8bc5d6d43abede2478d1e67516cd89e16c0033ea762c057047e898a4d31542ca4e1d7c2bd6e2d4e5cf1cf2c22113f5d69f7a25d022fcc47fabf51364a26cef8d
+SHA512 (kitemmodels-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 82869310265c0769c683c365403d8c04cb0025e50dd71cdf1d7298731a40a808ed34a87f76e8e5ab012c77c8ed596460b8849bc1f9dbce583ffcf5f629539674