diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 967e1d5..d8e5cf2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ libcap-2.17.tar.gz
 /libcap-2.24.tar.gz
 /libcap-2.25.tar.gz
 /libcap-2.26.tar.gz
+/libcap-2.44.tar.gz
diff --git a/libcap-2.25-buildflags.patch b/libcap-2.25-buildflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 48745fd..0000000
--- a/libcap-2.25-buildflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -up libcap-2.25/Make.Rules.rh libcap-2.25/Make.Rules
---- libcap-2.25/Make.Rules.rh	2016-04-11 18:52:01.418065682 +0200
-+++ libcap-2.25/Make.Rules	2016-04-11 18:52:10.790113866 +0200
-@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ KERNEL_HEADERS := $(topdir)/libcap/inclu
- IPATH += -fPIC -I$(KERNEL_HEADERS) -I$(topdir)/libcap/include
- 
- CC := gcc
--CFLAGS := -O2 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-+CFLAGS := $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-+
- BUILD_CC := $(CC)
- BUILD_CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH)
- AR := ar
-@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ WARNINGS=-Wall -Wwrite-strings \
-         -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes \
-         -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wshadow
- LD=$(CC) -Wl,-x -shared
--LDFLAGS := #-g
-+LDFLAGS := $(RPM_LD_FLAGS) #-g
- BUILD_GPERF := $(shell which gperf >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo yes)
- 
- SYSTEM_HEADERS = /usr/include
diff --git a/libcap-2.44-buildflags.patch b/libcap-2.44-buildflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f821d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap-2.44-buildflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -up ./Make.Rules.rh ./Make.Rules
+--- ./Make.Rules.rh	2020-10-21 14:35:56.645593319 +0200
++++ ./Make.Rules	2020-10-21 14:38:34.794968440 +0200
+@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ IPATH += -fPIC -I$(KERNEL_HEADERS) -I$(t
+ 
+ CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+ DEFINES := -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+-COPTS ?= -O2
++COPTS ?= $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS)
+ CFLAGS ?= $(COPTS) $(DEFINES)
+ BUILD_CC ?= $(CC)
+-BUILD_COPTS ?= -O2
++BUILD_COPTS ?= $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) 
+ BUILD_CFLAGS ?= $(BUILD_COPTS) $(DEFINES) $(IPATH)
+ AR := $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+ RANLIB := $(CROSS_COMPILE)ranlib
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ WARNINGS=-Wall -Wwrite-strings \
+         -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes \
+         -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wshadow
+ LD=$(CC) -Wl,-x -shared
+-LDFLAGS ?= #-g
++LDFLAGS ?= $(RPM_LD_FLAGS) 
+ LIBCAPLIB := -L$(topdir)/libcap -lcap
+ LIBPSXLIB := -L$(topdir)/libcap -lpsx -lpthread -Wl,-wrap,pthread_create
+ 
diff --git a/libcap.spec b/libcap.spec
index b624c98..5eb51f0 100644
--- a/libcap.spec
+++ b/libcap.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 Name: libcap
-Version: 2.26
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Version: 2.44
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Library for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities
 URL: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
-License: GPLv2
+License: BSD or GPLv2
 
 Source: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git/snapshot/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # http://manned.org/getpcaps/299a4949/src:
-Source1: getpcaps.8
-Patch0: libcap-2.25-buildflags.patch
+Patch0: libcap-2.44-buildflags.patch
 
 BuildRequires: libattr-devel pam-devel perl-interpreter gcc
 
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ make install RAISE_SETFCAP=no \
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man{2,3,8}
 mv -f doc/*.3 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man3/
-cp -f %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man8/
 
 chmod +x %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.so.*
 
@@ -76,14 +74,21 @@ chmod +x %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.so.*
 
 %files static
 %{_libdir}/libcap.a
+%{_libdir}/libpsx.a
 
 %files devel
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libcap.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpsx.pc
+
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 21 2020 Karsten Hopp <karsten@fedoraproject.org> - 2.44-1
+- update to 2.44
+- remove additional getpcaps manpage as it now included in the sources
+
 * Tue Jul 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.26-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b8adeaf..920b392 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libcap-2.26.tar.gz) = 4a0bfbc1c3efb009a309d9b894aa553009a229323da4780caa424bd70d0579d6b156e2034bc4dee8dc3b2caaf8617a18c74a01095a4c2a8fbe732e5e8a304603
+SHA512 (libcap-2.44.tar.gz) = 29feb4a503aee7b86dba882175b0b76f05aed39c63ddcf47a7db7d62ab517a40c506dadfc40ddd1911f551dbe5bb26e447bb4c1024b298658a86750caab67144