diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 739d25a..0c9c7ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /ktexteditor-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /ktexteditor-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /ktexteditor-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/ktexteditor-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-ktexteditor.spec b/kf5-ktexteditor.spec
index 71af455..bbaf6b2 100644
--- a/kf5-ktexteditor.spec
+++ b/kf5-ktexteditor.spec
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 5.44.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 with advanced embeddable text editor
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ 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 ba4f5e6..a2ed38e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ktexteditor-5.43.0.tar.xz) = fc2b3b69224e62d1bf240410fa5c3dab04e020f210230474e5e924c7125f626cd2dd30dee449948cb9197adc8f0d6e1886ed85e03312a51d116d86fc13fbf08d
+SHA512 (ktexteditor-5.44.0.tar.xz) = ed89610d096f4cf4142ce6cf0267624d5c893ce577379bc2d69648f2128c2adb9eb72f14e7e92c47521afb215845d7fd0706242182a8a44da161a598c3c0c954