diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 167bd00..df0b8b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /kemoticons-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kemoticons-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kemoticons-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kemoticons-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kemoticons.spec b/kf5-kemoticons.spec
index 84b7182..d0b3b2e 100644
--- a/kf5-kemoticons.spec
+++ b/kf5-kemoticons.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global framework kemoticons
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
+Version: 5.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 module with support for emoticons and emoticons themes
 
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ 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 1240817..2a7e9b5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kemoticons-5.43.0.tar.xz) = 130011a2158f5d84ba664354900e23eaf8867623eeab0fe018c6b8c60b3fd413d3f5e1ad43a3fe51dbc0153bec3e8c14d88b7f06f82d873c2d7f2237441eb8d8
+SHA512 (kemoticons-5.44.0.tar.xz) = 14fd607e51cbd53f7a161ee56bf986d54708763b5a771c37e04693adb22a278169451d3317b17d71a0c8e14f118754b415e99fc27f30ab5c8e0ab670f106a28a