diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92c51eb..eca22c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /gnome-text-editor-43.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-text-editor-43.1.tar.xz
 /gnome-text-editor-44.alpha.tar.xz
+/gnome-text-editor-44.beta.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-text-editor.spec b/gnome-text-editor.spec
index a4fe9ea..bf02cc3 100644
--- a/gnome-text-editor.spec
+++ b/gnome-text-editor.spec
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-text-editor
-Version:	44~alpha
+Version:	44~beta
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	A simple text editor for the GNOME desktop
 
-License:	GPLv3+
+License:	GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:		https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor
 Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/44/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/org.gnome.TextEditor.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 16 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~beta-1
+- Update to 44.beta
+
 * Mon Feb 06 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~alpha-1
 - Update to 44.alpha
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1badcdd..394a9fc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-text-editor-44.alpha.tar.xz) = eff7e9d0d4a692a405f100f2e966d9b4810edf66fb15328439bdc296d7a2a567d4da9f40f67ea8f382bda9735f36e03be18efad7b515162fe26f2f7e53911bd9
+SHA512 (gnome-text-editor-44.beta.tar.xz) = 04b9ae3db23177ef43579366e454f78117967e4b4d15a0c170d9e20800b84e4cd4d8532cacaabce612341d51f5b244dc75b0655c5627600644b65d1ea4f73b63