diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 7689fb9..675073d 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 %global _package_note_file  %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{real_version}/.package_note-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}.ld
 
 Name:           git
-Version:        2.44.0~rc2
+Version:        2.44.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Fast Version Control System
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
@@ -1039,6 +1039,9 @@ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$testdir"
 %{?with_docs:%{_pkgdocdir}/git-svn.html}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 23 2024 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.44.0-1
+- update to 2.44.0
+
 * Tue Feb 20 2024 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.44.0~rc2-1
 - update to 2.44.0-rc2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c95a7e8..d8dc588 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (git-2.44.0.rc2.tar.xz) = 2cf76804847a70e437edf450248ada680e0225eec23527c66fafbf46a1409b0105f2649e3a7c1fbdea2f2ce844de9e9c6992fcf59fd16630e9a8869f3c6434d8
-SHA512 (git-2.44.0.rc2.tar.sign) = d5f8f2d8d6d72e418f941107ede80414f949dacfae6af4c4ca80a235906965e96a06bbdb71030d00ae98ee191efed9ca589767011269da75a045f8e7620897eb
+SHA512 (git-2.44.0.tar.xz) = 9e4b9c8a8e28cd50c0db75a93eae8a3423aa7e51c4312af1e1cdaf408e93f306c23aa747f0a97f27c11ab0e2f5e6283e52c8b61c9fe6be5b9b18673a43ce1780
+SHA512 (git-2.44.0.tar.sign) = 2b7284d1aaf29ead52e671a1c3574176f8a1682e96753b1cb02e94b7fd6ed69390862143ff59ab6badfc4e22c799c98a92f1ac565d304c1d141c7c56700177d1