diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9fca31e..510515a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
 /flatpak-builder-1.3.5.tar.xz
 /flatpak-builder-1.4.0.tar.xz
 /flatpak-builder-1.4.1.tar.xz
+/flatpak-builder-1.4.4.tar.xz
diff --git a/flatpak-builder.spec b/flatpak-builder.spec
index 36650e5..0fcd93d 100644
--- a/flatpak-builder.spec
+++ b/flatpak-builder.spec
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 %global ostree_version 2017.14
 %global flatpak_version 0.99.1
 
+%global __requires_exclude ^/usr/bin/python2$
+
 Name:           flatpak-builder
-Version:        1.4.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.4.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool to build flatpaks from source
 
 # src/builder-utils.c has portions derived from GPLv2+ code,
@@ -90,8 +92,8 @@ This package contains installed tests for %{name}.
 install -pm 644 NEWS README.md %{buildroot}/%{_pkgdocdir}
 
 
-# %%check
-# %%meson_test
+%check
+%meson_test
 
 
 %files
@@ -107,6 +109,12 @@ install -pm 644 NEWS README.md %{buildroot}/%{_pkgdocdir}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 09 2025 Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com> - 1.4.4-1
+- Update to 1.4.4
+  Resolves: RHEL-47749
+- Remove dependency on Python2
+  Resolves: RHEL-68320
+
 * Tue Oct 29 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 1.4.1-3
 - Bump release for October 2024 mass rebuild:
   Resolves: RHEL-64018
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8c5fae3..bf85c85 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (flatpak-builder-1.4.1.tar.xz) = e9ffd09b2f077aa45da760049d2389eda44896c8476989a0ce1ead8c3a4feca409671cb5aabcdcee2632b58dd1c61a17aac4ac51536d1f94b0089a3d7ab689ee
+SHA512 (flatpak-builder-1.4.4.tar.xz) = 7ccc6c9cf464f1637063d2f7ca32464c81c148b50f5479a49c80fc364781ba82ab2e57135e4902f9e00dad25ac70000658c20c7e8c0a10a519eb1d3a86dad35a