diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f2158b..ec04e17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /CPAN-Perl-Releases-0.42.tar.gz
+/CPAN-Perl-Releases-0.44.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-CPAN-Perl-Releases.spec b/perl-CPAN-Perl-Releases.spec
index f8383d6..aff2ef3 100644
--- a/perl-CPAN-Perl-Releases.spec
+++ b/perl-CPAN-Perl-Releases.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-CPAN-Perl-Releases
-Version:        0.42
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.44
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Mapping Perl releases on CPAN to the location of the tarballs
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 21 2012 Iain Arnell <iarnell@gmail.com> 0.44-1
+- update to latest upstream version
+
 * Tue Feb 07 2012 Iain Arnell <iarnell@gmail.com> 0.42-2
 - tweak BuildRequires following review
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 798f526..4f463fa 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b99bf77f07a809ab48bc2b50b0ae09bd  CPAN-Perl-Releases-0.42.tar.gz
+88a795516d714a9c00e451190e4abb07  CPAN-Perl-Releases-0.44.tar.gz