diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02aa897..d67afba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -263,3 +263,6 @@
 /nmstate-2.2.43.tar.gz
 /nmstate-2.2.43.tar.gz.asc
 /nmstate-vendor-2.2.43.tar.xz
+/nmstate-2.2.44.tar.gz
+/nmstate-2.2.44.tar.gz.asc
+/nmstate-vendor-2.2.44.tar.xz
diff --git a/nmstate.spec b/nmstate.spec
index d0f4ef0..08ceed9 100644
--- a/nmstate.spec
+++ b/nmstate.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %define libname libnmstate
 
 Name:           nmstate
-Version:        2.2.43
+Version:        2.2.44
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Declarative network manager API
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ popd
 /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 18 2025 Gris Ge <fge@redhat.com> - 2.2.44-1
+- Upgrade to 2.2.44
+- Refer route next hop interface by MAC. RHEL-32495
+- Support reapply on mac-ref interface. RHEL-87794
+
 * Wed Mar 26 2025 Mingyu Shi <mshi@redhat.com> - 2.2.43-1
 - Upgrade to 2.2.43
 - Support for vlan-egress-priority-map configuration. RHEL-67631
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e408ae6..cfe89e4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.43.tar.gz) = da463868331ec8416154906b49138de8bca1f84d1a2a6700d0daa1d34f85ed69ba2724efad07b600e444a960cddb622f2c2454337f84459ac3ae6b2a00697042
-SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.43.tar.gz.asc) = a11b64d9733703c4dcf4a9142df37544a15543434e8acaca14a8ae7affa98cfa86adfea7e1ca69c871ec25c4c5ed4d2bb54b525ff16aebfc79e1da84d0396d32
-SHA512 (nmstate-vendor-2.2.43.tar.xz) = 202574a39010164766983fd315ca50a85b55ded54e253b6cd6e3970834f5107ce648646287bad0ce044ec21b8fca4fc64226183177147187a8bb3d1230e06ddb
+SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.44.tar.gz) = 751206437d424891296de16e03e0f9c71e0b3385e35d5568625e846e5b0ba8dc3b48d3f9ec81af7423bdb38f625b5d09420f5b6c6aa29f62eb7f3b708e85b80c
+SHA512 (nmstate-2.2.44.tar.gz.asc) = 520f193ff54d6076c444c666301135a0b6bb98fccbc989754fb18d291ff160189a0b91793d139c8ef52f7bb739d9a0e61562b4b9bd70d6297e1b3584ac40b466
 SHA512 (nmstate.gpg) = 37452e2588d036ab3042d2d06503d678108b2f01c2320b1a5d641c0ba3396cd38971a583d3fac939ebb80d9fa90a62208c9d8b4f6199cd861e9107ff6ddb4f20
+SHA512 (nmstate-vendor-2.2.44.tar.xz) = da61909d9e716c92cbbb9d31d14319679a5dbd3c95264e368d58d98ecfac68939ae3d0ec1ef4230304fe83bd45472e18f94dbd6dcc4d25aa3c4219ab3cb12fe8