diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad89113..983075b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@
 /gnome-characters-43.rc.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-43.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-43.1.tar.xz
+/gnome-characters-44.beta.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index a279e89..a3b7274 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
-Version:	43.1
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	44~beta
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Character map application for GNOME
 # Files from gtk-js-app are licensed under 3-clause BSD.
 # Other files are GPL 2.0 or later.
-License:	BSD and GPLv2+
+License:	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:		https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap
-Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/43/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
+Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/44/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires:	desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:	gettext
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.deskto
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 16 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~beta-1
+- Update to 44.beta
+
 * Thu Jan 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 43.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 677612c..208f57a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-characters-43.1.tar.xz) = 75fb25b7d6c2984a0d59887e0c408c0dc210061fa1e0cedbffefd8ef8b4b610a7db1c248926a5b6473fc0f806937e953e9e72a39b2a880c4871399226f3a77f4
+SHA512 (gnome-characters-44.beta.tar.xz) = ff19178c95f6aa68cf8ce36ce300547ab2a8139a3c995c9f936ab5d7640930337cd9c8a4f333d3e94887f60bb1a89a52f3e3caff677a29867522cbc37cb8683a