diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f851f47..6d5222d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1816,3 +1816,4 @@
 /v4.3.0-rc1.tar.gz
 /v4.3.0.tar.gz
 /v4.3.1.tar.gz
+/v4.4.0-rc1.tar.gz
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 97d7fa4..81d1801 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %global git_gvproxy https://%{import_path_gvproxy}
 %global commit_gvproxy fdc231ae7b8fe1aec4cf0b8777274fa21b70d789
 
-%global built_tag v4.3.1
+%global built_tag v4.4.0-rc1
 %global built_tag_strip %(b=%{built_tag}; echo ${b:1})
 %global gen_version %(b=%{built_tag_strip}; echo ${b/-/"~"})
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ea1cd69..e633964 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SHA512 (dnsname-18822f9a4fb35d1349eb256f4cd2bfd372474d84.tar.gz) = de371722fbf18cd23b31485ee7ba36bb41d0d9a932d15e50872989c3ca1ff7246da63143c3725d81089fadda3821a54c18b22150d9d16005b07df6824f5f71f8
 SHA512 (gvisor-tap-vsock-fdc231ae7b8fe1aec4cf0b8777274fa21b70d789.tar.gz) = 9441a6b0dc64961994ec9c268ad81916c4b88bf5c508c32dc6b0f68a993dc0c57c92304bfaa525aafe6445107314fc6954a65dbfb53432450ac0076d7d68c1ba
-SHA512 (v4.3.1.tar.gz) = 907dafc6481cbcb7a9b6771c3682a88d6c3b055050c0a180f9ceb985c1a3826318056b62dd6d2859a2a23eba7aad4bf26404327d5479bde98658745fa7d88efa
+SHA512 (v4.4.0-rc1.tar.gz) = d11e5f5c96e2b4d48bab05f054e64965f9ef24fc53d35d063bc8f006bc9bd7eebae7fc496ff1a6f70ec7abc6515de5de1a186a9068c8171829e6f04c61f28f20