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diff --git a/python-pycares.changes b/python-pycares.changes
index ba4d452..53e9e51 100644
--- a/python-pycares.changes
+++ b/python-pycares.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 11 08:24:45 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 4.4.0:
+  * Add support for 3.12, drop EOL 3.7
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 21 12:30:27 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
@@ -11,7 +17,7 @@ Thu Apr 13 22:43:34 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 13 16:24:44 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 4.3.0 
+- Update to version 4.3.0
   * Bump cibuildwheel to build for Python 3.11 + CI total time speedups by @Jackenmen in #174
    Fix tests that depended on external sites by @Jackenmen in #180
    Complete the Python 3.11 support by @Jackenmen in #179
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ Thu Dec  8 22:21:16 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  4 23:59:04 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 4.2.2 
+- Update to version 4.2.2
   no changelog
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -94,8 +100,8 @@ Thu Mar 21 13:59:43 UTC 2019 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
 - update to 3.0.0
  * first stable version in 3.0 series
- 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar  1 07:55:18 UTC 2019 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
-- initial commit 
+- initial commit
diff --git a/python-pycares.spec b/python-pycares.spec
index 584e96c..edad1f0 100644
--- a/python-pycares.spec
+++ b/python-pycares.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define skip_python2 1
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-pycares
-Version:        4.3.0
+Version:        4.4.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python interface for c-ares
 License:        MIT