diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 194c920..2ec5f28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
 /gnome-characters-43.1.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-44.beta.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-44.rc.tar.xz
+/gnome-characters-44.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index a3c4861..2fb5e29 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
-Version:	44~rc
+Version:	44.0
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Character map application for GNOME
 # Files from gtk-js-app are licensed under 3-clause BSD.
@@ -65,11 +65,14 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.deskto
 %{_datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers/%{appname}.search-provider.ini
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/%{appname}.svg
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/%{appname}-symbolic.svg
-%{_datadir}/metainfo/%{appname}.appdata.xml
+%{_metainfodir}/%{appname}.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/%{appname}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 19 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44.0-1
+- Update to 44.0 (#2179673)
+
 * Mon Mar 06 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~rc-1
 - Update to 44.rc (#2150952)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d7d2edb..6cbfd94 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-characters-44.rc.tar.xz) = 84b2287889ba1087ac2c7156419df898fd0f6a52bb6d7716c918fa6f17b9d7e10b3f053cae8610f7e8d5ef2e4a144a620bc1aa393bf68fe7200b77edc7c38934
+SHA512 (gnome-characters-44.0.tar.xz) = d49f4df21e7ff295bb16cf66640446e9e572689252e1a04314316443da670e585ef918a00bd7503b764d49b76e4c32286df2be2a3c432552e5bbcad6fe62e724