diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd5e5e0..3a326a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ e2fsprogs-1.41.12.tar.gz
 /e2fsprogs-1.43.7.tar.xz
 /e2fsprogs-1.43.8.tar.xz
 /e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz
+/e2fsprogs-1.44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 6b4ff14..25db2f8 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Utilities for managing ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems
 Name: e2fsprogs
-Version: 1.43.9
+Version: 1.44.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 # License tags based on COPYING file distinctions for various components
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Obsoletes: e4fsprogs < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: e4fsprogs = %{version}-%{release}
 %endif
 
-BuildRequires: pkgconfig, texinfo, libselinux-devel
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig, texinfo, libselinux-devel, gcc
 BuildRequires: fuse-devel
 BuildRequires: libsepol-devel
 BuildRequires: libblkid-devel
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ss.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 08 2018 Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> 1.44.0-1
+- New upstream release
+- Add gcc to the BuildRequires to comply with packaging guidelines
+
 * Mon Mar 05 2018 Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> 1.43.9-1
 - New upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c9d9821..bd8de8f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz) = 0a4b9d0dcec26ab16563b874f4c3060994d0b11cff3e5385069b46205eca116619516b546d18e29fb8cb3bb69cd5e7acc895d11a18765a7897954c779c956055
+SHA512 (e2fsprogs-1.44.0.tar.xz) = ecdb6d5d0c3522b2db0631c0fad54d31c87192e0dd34a534113319e7226af93f5338af86c2f63c16b0f812b45c03d7b6d8a2e08013799f0617222050ff3177ae