diff --git a/perl-Exception-Class.spec b/perl-Exception-Class.spec
index bd63b8d..8631189 100644
--- a/perl-Exception-Class.spec
+++ b/perl-Exception-Class.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-Exception-Class
-Version:        1.43
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.44
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Module that allows you to declare real exception classes in Perl
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Exception-Class/
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  findutils
 BuildRequires:  make
-BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter >= 3:5.8.1
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) >= 6.75
 # Module Runtime
 BuildRequires:  perl(base)
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/Exception::Class::Base.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 11 2017 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.44-1
+- Update to 1.44
+  - You can now pass "frame_filter", "filter_frames_early" and "skip_frames"
+    to the throw() method of an exception class; these will be passed on to
+    the Devel::StackTrace constructor (GH#6)
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.43-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1518746..c2e87db 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Exception-Class-1.43.tar.gz) = 8416f82032dd39c38c9a4e12d7ae23cd0d66e1cbe9b22bde274972031c6218ed2d90cf9caf052a3d201decf92e715d0bf56a42789f35a7a60b9ea66680fb2668
+SHA512 (Exception-Class-1.44.tar.gz) = 7ce1e488505dc3d1c6d6365b5ed523b204b93d89d205ad4cdf6c9ee9dbad1a6edc257251a365275f067479e734def56b3b21d588e978822e7714bd8a49ba6bb2