diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f325c4e..c627db3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -438,3 +438,4 @@ network-manager-applet-0.8.1.tar.bz2
 /NetworkManager-1.43.10.tar.xz
 /NetworkManager-1.43.11.tar.xz
 /NetworkManager-1.43.90.tar.xz
+/NetworkManager-1.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/NetworkManager.spec b/NetworkManager.spec
index 7e753d5..80b2621 100644
--- a/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global glib2_version %(pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0 2>/dev/null || echo bad)
 
 %global epoch_version 1
-%global real_version 1.43.90
+%global real_version 1.44.0
 %global rpm_version %{real_version}
 %global release_version 1
 %global snapshot %{nil}
@@ -1252,6 +1252,11 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 10 2023 Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ferferna@redhat.com> - 1:1.44.0-1
+- update to 1.44.0 release
+- nmcli: add nmcli version mismatch warning (rh #2173196)
+- checkpoint: preserve devices that were removed and readded (rh #2177590)
+
 * Wed Jul 26 2023 Wen Liang <wenliang@redhat.com> - 1:1.43.90-1
 - update to 1.43.90 release (release candidate)
 - manager: allow controller activation if device is deactivating (rh #2125615)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index be8c149..9b84f9d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (NetworkManager-1.43.90.tar.xz) = 3d237b76fa07d0f68a79d6820066d7ee448971a322a9820c32638df37032402dd3fc36e51083f6f4c68bb8871f8330c58cdf7b29cbeb53049a947646e378c637
+SHA512 (NetworkManager-1.44.0.tar.xz) = 7ebece465dfd108d66adb1c941ab22bdca8bb0ce7869baa421e4aef65e89a23bf63f3713e809e1e7b6c5226813ad9d56d8af339c711507a33aa6728afd334405