diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84c51de..49c7c4d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /gix-ref-0.36.0.crate
 /gix-ref-0.38.0.crate
 /gix-ref-0.43.0.crate
+/gix-ref-0.44.1.crate
diff --git a/rust-gix-ref.spec b/rust-gix-ref.spec
index a4f6881..90b75bf 100644
--- a/rust-gix-ref.spec
+++ b/rust-gix-ref.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global crate gix-ref
 
 Name:           rust-gix-ref
-Version:        0.43.0
+Version:        0.44.1
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Gix implementation for handling git references
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9d9e05d..d430a28 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gix-ref-0.43.0.crate) = b035a094f589e3e9a9ea0aea76856843d83948e7def921ff4dde4b9a3025c91ed53fdd4603ab89cc2de8cea2f5836c85cacd79d6f364bd3eab071279afd8ec0b
+SHA512 (gix-ref-0.44.1.crate) = e2e947f7e80f03cf16c5dd4489ce738ee31b3525d3e46b567aaa1b8a03ad94275706d38bb4a6d748fa1d094bcc0065d63ad7dc90c34d8f1732d4534d4e7dab36