diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 75c3e63..0726cb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 /kplotting-5.41.0.tar.xz
 /kplotting-5.42.0.tar.xz
 /kplotting-5.43.0.tar.xz
+/kplotting-5.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/kf5-kplotting.spec b/kf5-kplotting.spec
index eee0331..2f501bc 100644
--- a/kf5-kplotting.spec
+++ b/kf5-kplotting.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global framework kplotting
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
-Version: 5.43.0
+Version: 5.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 addon for plotting
 
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ 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 17c1050..cd3f84a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kplotting-5.43.0.tar.xz) = 98b06b2f5242e03b4e67bcbb28d3abb695e4fc21ac37de47384fb872045fd64016ebfc276b0bd48e797e5369a747c2da81fd03519e1b6747e48205c53e69c7cb
+SHA512 (kplotting-5.44.0.tar.xz) = effe44351097ba8f50959186986b4fbc434d5383f5d55bb9c7c0b52af4cbfc6f419b2442f304e920edffd833894a57ff35772ee3eb660eff8b8f9b69cb216350