diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 974d387..b297707 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 /libwps-0.4.1.tar.xz
 /libwps-0.4.2.tar.xz
 /libwps-0.4.3.tar.xz
+/libwps-0.4.4.tar.xz
diff --git a/libwps.spec b/libwps.spec
index 389fbb4..63c241d 100644
--- a/libwps.spec
+++ b/libwps.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global apiversion 0.4
 
 Name:		libwps
-Version:	0.4.3
+Version:	0.4.4
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	A library for import of Microsoft Works documents
 
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ install -m 0644 wks2*.1 wps2*.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
 %doc docs/doxygen/html
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 17 2016 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 0.4.4-1
+- new upstream release
+
 * Sun Feb 14 2016 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 0.4.3-1
 - new upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 90a6274..ae64854 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fac8ca5e66d1585fe18ede02a15deaf3  libwps-0.4.3.tar.xz
+81a5f6024c3f044930f5e768c945e959  libwps-0.4.4.tar.xz