diff --git a/gap-recog.changes b/gap-recog.changes
index 8a1c54b..e229bd8 100644
--- a/gap-recog.changes
+++ b/gap-recog.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 22 10:27:09 UTC 2025 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 1.4.4
+  * Fix an unexpected error during recognition when trying to split
+    group as direct products (in `RECOG.DirectFactorsFinder`)
+  * Fix an unexpected error in
+    `RECOG.SmallHomomorphicImageProjectiveGroup`
+  * Fix an unexpected error in the C6 recognition code (a call to
+    `ConvertToMatrixRep` was missing)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 16 16:41:29 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gap-recog.spec b/gap-recog.spec
index 18eaf70..207f165 100644
--- a/gap-recog.spec
+++ b/gap-recog.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gap-recog
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           gap-recog
-Version:        1.4.3
+Version:        1.4.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        GAP: A collection of group recognition methods
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
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index 153a6e9..0000000
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1062776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recog-1.4.4.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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