diff --git a/s390utils-2.44.0-pvics-return.patch b/s390utils-2.44.0-pvics-return.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5c66da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s390utils-2.44.0-pvics-return.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/scripts/pvics b/scripts/pvics
+index 18cdbb6b..8fe21a3b 100755
+--- a/scripts/pvics
++++ b/scripts/pvics
+@@ -1474,12 +1474,6 @@ main() {
+ 	local -
+ 	set -Eu
+ 
+-	# call cleanup on error
+-	# PIPE is needed to allow out=$(main list -i <image> | grep -m 1 <filter>)
+-	#   bash will close the subshell executing the main function as soon as grep has found a match
+-	#   cleanup will not be executed anymore
+-	trap 'cleanup 1' ERR EXIT PIPE
+-
+ 	# general
+ 	ACTION=""
+ 	NBD=""
+@@ -1518,6 +1512,12 @@ main() {
+ 	# parse command line
+ 	cli "$@"
+ 
++	# call cleanup on error
++	# PIPE is needed to allow out=$(main list -i <image> | grep -m 1 <filter>)
++	#   bash will close the subshell executing the main function as soon as grep has found a match
++	#   cleanup will not be executed anymore
++	trap 'cleanup 1' ERR EXIT PIPE
++
+ 	# set up logger
+ 	setup_logger
+ 
diff --git a/s390utils-2.40.0-rhel.patch b/s390utils-2.44.0-rhel.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from s390utils-2.40.0-rhel.patch
rename to s390utils-2.44.0-rhel.patch
diff --git a/s390utils.spec b/s390utils.spec
index c928324..3ee0482 100644
--- a/s390utils.spec
+++ b/s390utils.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 Name:           s390utils
 Summary:        Utilities and daemons for IBM z Systems
-Version:        2.42.1
+Version:        2.44.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Epoch:          2
 # MIT covers nearly all the files, except init files
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Patch1:         s390-tools-zipl-blscfg-rpm-nvr-sort.patch
 # reverts to keep stability within major RHEL release
 Patch10:        s390utils-tape-revert.patch
 
+# temporary fixes
+# https://github.com/ibm-s390-linux/s390-tools/issues/208
+Patch90:        s390utils-2.44.0-pvics-return.patch
+
 # upstream fixes/updates
 #Patch100:       s390utils-%%{version}-rhel.patch
 
@@ -430,6 +434,7 @@ BuildRequires:  json-c-devel
 BuildRequires:  rpm-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libnl3-devel
+BuildRequires:  libnvme-devel
 
 
 %description base
@@ -627,6 +632,7 @@ getent group zkeyadm > /dev/null || groupadd -r zkeyadm
 %{_sbindir}/zmemtopo
 %{_sbindir}/znetconf
 %{_sbindir}/zpcictl
+%{_sbindir}/zpcimon
 %{_bindir}/cpacfinfo
 %{_bindir}/dump2tar
 %{_bindir}/genprotimg
@@ -644,6 +650,7 @@ getent group zkeyadm > /dev/null || groupadd -r zkeyadm
 %{_bindir}/zpwr
 %{_unitdir}/dumpconf.service
 %{_unitdir}/opticsmon.service
+%{_unitdir}/zpcimon.service
 %ghost %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/zipl.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/dumpconf
 %{_sysconfdir}/mdevctl.d/*
@@ -746,6 +753,7 @@ getent group zkeyadm > /dev/null || groupadd -r zkeyadm
 %{_mandir}/man8/zmemtopo.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/znetconf.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/zpcictl.8*
+%{_mandir}/man8/zpcimon.8*
 %dir %{_datadir}/s390-tools
 %{_datadir}/s390-tools/netboot/
 %{bash_completions_dir}/*.bash
@@ -1127,6 +1135,14 @@ User-space development files for the s390/s390x architecture.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 03 2026 Dan Horák <dhorak@redhat.com> - 2:2.44.0-1
+- rebased to 2.44.0 (RHEL-174898)
+- KVM: Quantum Safe SE Header and tooling support (RHEL-149687)
+- Introduce NVMe SMART data monitoring to the zpcimon service (RHEL-191175)
+- zkey key support for dm-integrity with HMAC (RHEL-23872)
+- fix zipl support for mixed type mdadm RAID1 devices (RHEL-180629)
+- Resolves: RHEL-174898 RHEL-149687 RHEL-191175 RHEL-23872 RHEL-180629
+
 * Tue Jun 02 2026 Dan Horák <dhorak@redhat.com> - 2:2.42.1-1
 - rebased to 2.42.1 (RHEL-174898)
 - hyptop: Backward compatibility options causes other issues (RHEL-166157)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index dd5160a..55b8768 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (s390-tools-2.42.1.tar.gz) = 719b000ffc507837f579db8c395cd929151c77e36c598e872cef7cd76b6612f7cd5f8eba87de1df69a446a05ba3a6daa385a4bca2dfdb5b2b52e70cb5a7a197b
-SHA512 (s390-tools-2.42.1-rust-vendor.tar.xz) = 7fbae9b43d956e2a9b71b6a0a0928fca9506a191424d63f6df109ddc0ce4efa9df2d0e245ee231602a139642fe7fc25f13680eec27a4aa914be151a39876b945
+SHA512 (s390-tools-2.44.0.tar.gz) = 6f2f7fa45573b1a2515c4ea143ff0877711713724c737f9aaa4f853f6142f215628c10d1827f94cf54a50c1fec757fd3710f3e4b60f6125b0ee952002e43dbf7
+SHA512 (s390-tools-2.44.0-rust-vendor.tar.xz) = 7c0708a6593d9a2ff307e9e46c63f191532170db43f7f5e4f68c64673dbb7f1dae5663f60236d54b0c67d9bbc3b523aedcdf8747377e63f82f3767586fa3e8c4