diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c52642..382efe7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 /fastavro-0.23.3.tar.gz
 /fastavro-1.3.4.tar.gz
 /fastavro-1.4.1.tar.gz
+/fastavro-1.4.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-fastavro.spec b/python-fastavro.spec
index 91bf9d4..f0444b1 100644
--- a/python-fastavro.spec
+++ b/python-fastavro.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ packed with features but dog slow. fastavro is less feature complete than avro,
 however it is much faster.}
 
 Name:       python-%{srcname}
-Version:    1.4.1
-Release:    3%{?dist}
+Version:    1.4.4
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    %{sum}
 
 # https://github.com/tebeka/fastavro/issues/60
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch} pytest-%{python3_version}
 %doc docs/_build/html
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 16 2021 Shane Allcroft <shaneallcroft AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 1.4.4-1
+- Update to latest release
+
 * Tue Jul 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.1-3
 - Second attempt - Rebuilt for
   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e06816c..f09fa11 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (fastavro-1.4.1.tar.gz) = 150482a1bac71c2bea9b8e69957025b628030571fdc929f385eec6fdc8194a4cc5f7d3177cb3fceaab4311a26ee5caeb6d39e35e596b7a1b502a568b6b692bec
+SHA512 (fastavro-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 5f17dd8434aba61636f20b36fe165769e1775f7dd1128ab59f1196a65d35197cece034d820fb48a5dcca5181f4290cfd9afe1c2f360333241951450364036276