diff --git a/Perl-MinimumVersion-1.40.tar.gz b/Perl-MinimumVersion-1.40.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 18cb6fd..0000000
--- a/Perl-MinimumVersion-1.40.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:7589a578cb60d70ca4755c395b3592b440a0cd6a1b074e4eceac93b031a1be90
-size 37601
diff --git a/Perl-MinimumVersion-1.44.tar.gz b/Perl-MinimumVersion-1.44.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..172dc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Perl-MinimumVersion-1.44.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ffa9c8a2f099660a81361eb8bac56a335793b3e160fa5b1d97078b83142ce8cb
+size 36595
diff --git a/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.changes b/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.changes
index b6e3655..d786a64 100644
--- a/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.changes
+++ b/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May  5 05:39:13 UTC 2025 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
+
+- updated to 1.440.0 (1.44)
+   see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion/Changes
+
+  1.44 2025-05-04
+      - Update LICENSE text (for real this time)
+  1.43 2025-05-04
+      - Update LICENSE text
+      - Promoting trial changes to stable release
+  1.42 2023-09-30 (TRIAL RELEASE)
+      - Restore detection for Perl version 5.008, which means that 5.006 is now the minimum
+        required version that will be reported.
+      - Recognize the minimum required Perl versions for:
+        - the "use re '/flags'" pragma (GH#29)
+        - postfix dereferences (GH#30)
+        - the <<>> operator (GH#31)
+  1.41 2023-05-17 (TRIAL RELEASE)
+      - Remove detection for Perl versions 5.008 and older. This means that 5.008 is now the
+        minimum required version that will be reported. (GH#7)
+      - Fix formatting of the summary printed by the perlver script (GH#14)
+      - Recognize the minimum required version for the tr///r flag (GH#25)
+        and indented heredocs (GH#27)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 23 03:08:59 UTC 2021 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.spec b/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.spec
index 257f2ab..07ae1cd 100644
--- a/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.spec
+++ b/perl-Perl-MinimumVersion.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-Perl-MinimumVersion
 #
-# 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
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 %define cpan_name Perl-MinimumVersion
 Name:           perl-Perl-MinimumVersion
-Version:        1.400.0
+Version:        1.440.0
 Release:        0
-# 1.40 -> normalize -> 1.400.0
-%define cpan_version 1.40
+# 1.44 -> normalize -> 1.440.0
+%define cpan_version 1.44
 License:        Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later
 Summary:        Find a minimum required version of perl for Perl code
 URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/%{cpan_name}
@@ -33,20 +33,20 @@ BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 BuildRequires:  perl(File::Find::Rule)
 BuildRequires:  perl(File::Find::Rule::Perl)
 BuildRequires:  perl(List::Util) >= 1.20
-BuildRequires:  perl(PPI) >= 1.215
+BuildRequires:  perl(PPI) >= 1.252
 BuildRequires:  perl(PPI::Util)
-BuildRequires:  perl(PPIx::Regexp) >= 0.033
+BuildRequires:  perl(PPIx::Regexp) >= 0.51.0
 BuildRequires:  perl(PPIx::Utils)
-BuildRequires:  perl(Params::Util) >= 0.25
+BuildRequires:  perl(Params::Util) >= 0.250
 BuildRequires:  perl(version) >= 0.76
 Requires:       perl(File::Find::Rule)
 Requires:       perl(File::Find::Rule::Perl)
 Requires:       perl(List::Util) >= 1.20
-Requires:       perl(PPI) >= 1.215
+Requires:       perl(PPI) >= 1.252
 Requires:       perl(PPI::Util)
-Requires:       perl(PPIx::Regexp) >= 0.033
+Requires:       perl(PPIx::Regexp) >= 0.51.0
 Requires:       perl(PPIx::Utils)
-Requires:       perl(Params::Util) >= 0.25
+Requires:       perl(Params::Util) >= 0.250
 Requires:       perl(version) >= 0.76
 Provides:       perl(Perl::MinimumVersion) = %{version}
 Provides:       perl(Perl::MinimumVersion::Reason) = %{version}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ version of perl required to be able to run it. Because it is based on PPI,
 it can do this without having to actually load the code.
 
 Currently it tests both the syntax of your code, and the use of explicit
-version dependencies such as 'require 5.005'.
+version dependencies such as 'require 5.008'.
 
 Future plans are to also add support for tracing module dependencies.
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ way to run 'Perl::MinimumVersion' on your code:
 See the documentation for perlver for more details.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup  -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version}
+%autosetup  -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version} -p1
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor