diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a456e6f..9c15317 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /krunner-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /krunner-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /krunner-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/krunner-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-krunner.spec b/kf5-krunner.spec
index cc63a18..1e54d3e 100644
--- a/kf5-krunner.spec
+++ b/kf5-krunner.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global framework krunner
 
 Name:    kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 5.44.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 solution with parallelized query system
 
 License: LGPLv2+ and BSD
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ 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
+
 * Thu Feb 08 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.43.0-3
 - use %%ldconfig_scriptlets
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index da02d99..7c38ec2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (krunner-5.43.0.tar.xz) = c6ec92e0dbb8eb2d583af1d763cea6df1231851367148a94d8eae6aa88c130798cb8f3f2fb65946c55a51253c91e25fee539d7720a1f7125f78d2d5aabf4b05c
+SHA512 (krunner-5.44.0.tar.xz) = a2459066248c2e580eab41c5e31e2e9d3c917fc68deee22efc2f3af3b80ed63a6a21e500e062c925ec284d85405eca3241cbe2e6be4ee9c400c1d9e932d37e2a