diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index beee09a..45cbe58 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /ktextwidgets-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /ktextwidgets-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /ktextwidgets-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/ktextwidgets-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-ktextwidgets.spec b/kf5-ktextwidgets.spec
index e86dced..95ab6a6 100644
--- a/kf5-ktextwidgets.spec
+++ b/kf5-ktextwidgets.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global framework ktextwidgets
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
+Version: 5.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 addon with advanced text editing widgets
 
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ 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 1242a3b..e66437e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ktextwidgets-5.43.0.tar.xz) = 650272ba85a1d0177296fd278fa4183ecc6c513b00838745b5e1fefe015b621f1edfad25094ede3de8cf81dec4f66653b3c25ed2bb5a55e4a2ee54b2ef35da6a
+SHA512 (ktextwidgets-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 4570ee15270bc3548b90be6d69e29da114acc5c73031f2ec14130e6dd4d1c45f9010015d379dfdf5196d65f78a461f73c8143b30b812e886efe0eac9e5055946