diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a302dc0..5904745 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ babl-0.1.2.tar.bz2
 /babl-0.1.38.tar.bz2
 /babl-0.1.40.tar.bz2
 /babl-0.1.42.tar.bz2
+/babl-0.1.44.tar.bz2
diff --git a/babl.spec b/babl.spec
index 225f4ea..b178db9 100644
--- a/babl.spec
+++ b/babl.spec
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 Summary:	A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library
 Name:		babl
-Version:	0.1.42
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Version:	0.1.44
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 
 # Compute some version related macros
 # Ugly hack, you need to get your quoting backslashes/percent signs straight
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ make check
 %doc %{develdocdir}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 27 2018 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.1.44-1
+- version 0.1.44
+
 * Tue Feb 20 2018 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 0.1.42-4
 - add gcc requirement
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4aa8b71..5fa8a39 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (babl-0.1.42.tar.bz2) = 0c37944d273b3818a7bb316d3086d48966daa6b401b4e6c0cb9ff52c8d69a80d8b632fe236110f376ab107d349fa4383b20f22cac31889ba50e48ab25d5c42d6
+SHA512 (babl-0.1.44.tar.bz2) = bb86d3676e12217c042464c74e22f9243d3a9c26bf4f78b0df991f40e341e02165e58284077c743489eda69274e3afd4d5b2c5312e28cc290eebaf4e8e86a9e9