diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d44d9fe..d6d2d42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/podman-4.2.1.tar.gz
+SOURCES/v4.4.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.python-podman.metadata b/.python-podman.metadata
index 7dc81b1..3f5d67b 100644
--- a/.python-podman.metadata
+++ b/.python-podman.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-84072e644b2eff2f4983b4d481eafd94b0110bba SOURCES/podman-4.2.1.tar.gz
+533fd9813c18c8a65d4c359c27826cbfff1bf425 SOURCES/v4.4.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/python-podman.spec b/SPECS/python-podman.spec
index 18e15a7..f90e8f9 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-podman.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-podman.spec
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
-%global python_podman_version v4.2.1
-#%%global python_podman_branch v4.2.0-rhel
-%global python_podman_commit0 c52201038ef5bed260b81d8d84df8b95b26fc231
-%global python_podman_shortcommit0 %(c=%{python_podman_commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
-
-Epoch: 3
 Name: python-podman
-Version: 4.2.1
+Epoch: 3
+Version: 4.4.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: RESTful API for Podman
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://github.com/containers/podman-py
-%if 0%{?python_podman_branch:1}
-Source0: https://github.com/containers/podman-py/archive/%{python_podman_commit0}.tar.gz
-%else
-Source0: %{url}/releases/download/v%{version}/podman-%{version}.tar.gz
-%endif
+Source0: https://github.com/containers/podman-py/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 %description
-%{name} is a library of bindings to use the RESTful API for Podman.
+%{name}  is a library of bindings to use the RESTful API for Podman.
 
 %package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-podman
-BuildRequires: pyproject-rpm-macros
-BuildRequires: python3-devel
 BuildRequires: git-core
-BuildRequires: python3-sphinx
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
+BuildRequires: pyproject-rpm-macros
 Provides: podman-py = %{version}-%{release}
 Summary: %{summary}
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-podman}
@@ -33,13 +23,10 @@ Summary: %{summary}
 %{name} is a library of bindings to use the RESTful API for Podman.
 
 %prep
-%if 0%{?python_podman_branch:1}
-%autosetup -Sgit_am -n podman-py-%{python_podman_commit0}
-%else
-%autosetup -Sgit_am -n podman-%{version}
+%autosetup -Sgit_am -n podman-py-%{version}
+
 %generate_buildrequires
 %pyproject_buildrequires %{?with_tests:-t}
-%endif
 
 %build
 export PBR_VERSION="0.0.0"
@@ -57,17 +44,18 @@ export PBR_VERSION="0.0.0"
 %doc README.md
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Oct 24 2022 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:4.2.0-1
-- update to 4.2.1
-- Resolves: #2136283
+* Thu Feb 23 2023 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:4.4.1-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/podman-py/releases/tag/v4.4.1
+- Related: #2124478
 
-* Fri Oct 21 2022 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:4.2.0-3
-- fix build
-- Related: #2136283
+* Wed Feb 15 2023 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:4.4.0-1
+- update to 4.4.0
+- (and revert the unneeded upstream python-tomli dependency)
+- Related: #2124478
 
-* Thu Oct 20 2022 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 4.2.0-2
-- fix "[RFE] python-podman: Podman support to perform custom actions on unhealthy containers"
-- Resolves: #2136283
+* Mon Oct 24 2022 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:4.3.0-1
+- update to 4.3.0
+- Related: #2124478
 
 * Thu Aug 11 2022 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:4.2.0-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/podman-py/releases/tag/v4.2.0