diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz b/e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz
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-oid sha256:926f8e8de1ffba55d791f21b71334e8a32b5227257ad370f2bf7e4396629e97f
-size 5282240
diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.44.2.tar.xz b/e2fsprogs-1.44.2.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65edd9f
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8324cf0b6e81805a741d94087b00e99f7e16144f1ee5a413709a1fa6948b126c
+size 5349784
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.changes b/e2fsprogs.changes
index 2cdd785..50ef76b 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.changes
+++ b/e2fsprogs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 23 15:00:07 UTC 2018 - jack@suse.cz
+
+- Update to 1.44.2
+ * support for directories over 2 GB (large_dir feature)
+ * support for large extended attributes (ea_inode feature)
+ * metadata checksumming is enabled by default by mke2fs
+ * resize2fs deemed stable enough for bigalloc file systems
+ * tune2fs now replays the journal before modifying the file system
+ * improved consistency checks for symlinks
+ * various fixes in e2image, dumpe2fs, debugfs, and e2fsck for bigalloc
+   file systems
+ * fix e2image handling of images on big endian systems
+ * fixed e2fsck to properly update quotas when handling orphan inodes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  6 10:32:58 UTC 2018 - jack@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index dacd16d..4453232 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libblkid-devel
 BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  xz
 %if ! %{build_mini}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ Conflicts:      libcom_err2-mini
 Conflicts:      libcom_err-mini-devel
 %endif
 #
-Version:        1.43.9
+Version:        1.44.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Utilities for the Second Extended File System
 License:        GPL-2.0