diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7ffb0b..9e3bf4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,3 +162,4 @@
 /gnome-shell-extensions-43.rc.tar.xz
 /gnome-shell-extensions-43.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-shell-extensions-43.1.tar.xz
+/gnome-shell-extensions-44.beta.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-shell-extensions.spec b/gnome-shell-extensions.spec
index 57a3f5c..a06ab72 100644
--- a/gnome-shell-extensions.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell-extensions.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 %global major_version %%(cut -d "." -f 1 <<<%{tarball_version})
 
 Name:           gnome-shell-extensions
-Version:        43.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        44~beta
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Modify and extend GNOME Shell functionality and behavior
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ workspaces.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 14 2023 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 44~beta-1
+- Update to 44.beta
+
 * Thu Jan 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 43.1-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a95d601..aa2aa12 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-shell-extensions-43.1.tar.xz) = 9901e738a5af5a6139da8fc928b95e5afef6e7b80b24e3284603fc4341e588d738b9c16a7bcba2a3e79af2729c468fd756b584394559b2794b335e656c092bae
+SHA512 (gnome-shell-extensions-44.beta.tar.xz) = 2986d95997d7351f406ab42cec7b048c24cd43d9fa7d759232b888a7d607e516e0bbe1def577e7f12dd1fb255540dfe95a7809e51a9fd2199706a4895b32dab5