diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3e44f5..7cbd89c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /cockpit-machines-242.1.tar.gz
 /cockpit-machines-243.tar.gz
 /cockpit-machines-243.1.tar.gz
+/cockpit-machines-244.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/cockpit-machines.spec b/cockpit-machines.spec
index 601273f..178018c 100644
--- a/cockpit-machines.spec
+++ b/cockpit-machines.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This spec file has been automatically updated
-Version:        243.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version:        244.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/metainfo/*
 
 # The changelog is automatically generated and merged
 %changelog
+* Mon May 17 2021 Katerina Koukiou <kkoukiou@redhat.com> - 244.1-1
+
+- Edit the MAC address of a VM’s network interface
+
 * Fri Apr 23 2021 Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de> - 243.1-2
 - Fix gating tests
 
diff --git a/plans/upstream.fmf b/plans/upstream.fmf
index 4049231..ed8fa34 100644
--- a/plans/upstream.fmf
+++ b/plans/upstream.fmf
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ discover:
   how: fmf
   repository: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines
   # FIXME: get rid of the hardcoding: https://github.com/psss/tmt/issues/585
-  # HACK: pull in test fixes from https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines/pull/128 until 244 gets released
-  ref: "4bcb3ec32fb3bb16c4dc78c5d0090e1b1782e8cd"
+  ref: "4bae1d78303875f04b57cbb5cc7c6f40a6868fe8"
 execute:
   how: tmt
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f216d39..d885999 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (cockpit-machines-243.1.tar.gz) = f4de95d123bf34708b9cb929ad92141c0319d4adbc600d3c7cfffa5c586bf646038dbc477eabb8dc019a25afdf7df85ac02521f8f026af048f3dc7857a538caf
+SHA512 (cockpit-machines-244.1.tar.gz) = e6d24dfe9abdfc0704160fe9c0dd0ae326986b0f69e824a0126f8d5f0d1a22b0fc4cd25907285be105a0a1d60936e5e47fd03cf8ba1a7a247a6424dea3bcc2c7