diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa41102..16bae99 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ exempi-2.1.1.tar.gz
 /exempi-2.4.0.tar.bz2
 /exempi-2.4.1.tar.bz2
 /exempi-2.4.2.tar.bz2
+/exempi-2.4.4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/exempi.spec b/exempi.spec
index 5dfc07b..8eb699e 100644
--- a/exempi.spec
+++ b/exempi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	Library for easy parsing of XMP metadata
 Name:		exempi
-Version:	2.4.2
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Version:	2.4.4
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 License:	BSD
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 06 2018 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 2.4.4-1
+- Update to version 2.4.4
+  Resolves #1541818
+
 * Wed Aug 02 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.2-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 95baa31..279887c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (exempi-2.4.2.tar.bz2) = 5828c350155e88657ff2dd6608e8fe6f685b64fa6f75b474c8fbc9b863bf18e1db0a83a8cad4376f664428d17ca738455d379506443900e37634465604cf2db3
+SHA512 (exempi-2.4.4.tar.bz2) = f8e6cbdb1a19c46f687d4138ebbd48a1409560b0f2c40b463d08387df3492c0b6b06b1456eedac5decd5f4272510d53a77f94d8dce3373a6354be47a03be74d8