diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8dadc86..1aa94e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /kxmlgui-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kxmlgui-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kxmlgui-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kxmlgui-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kxmlgui.spec b/kf5-kxmlgui.spec
index c375fcb..e5bfce3 100644
--- a/kf5-kxmlgui.spec
+++ b/kf5-kxmlgui.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global framework kxmlgui
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
+Version: 5.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 solution for user-configurable main windows
 
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_kf5_datadir}/kxmlgui5/
 
 
 %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 3338c97..a411aba 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kxmlgui-5.43.0.tar.xz) = ace47a5a01267ba33bc9173058a05cb49cfba7d18a171527df4afb094e437885b697fe5ab02d1609f6e577857f3f27d7d4ac2a25f6ea2dd659291d82fe25aa75
+SHA512 (kxmlgui-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 594e7c5222149c2a61b98455c8762dd6da59216abb7b992dae31d02d12bf2e61847686ab9a6cb6a6b206ad6bd7ffbf6d47a40e5c6e98eb1c3eec4a12cb655170