diff --git a/MozillaThunderbird.changes b/MozillaThunderbird.changes
index 5456b35..d36e58f 100644
--- a/MozillaThunderbird.changes
+++ b/MozillaThunderbird.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 18 21:45:43 UTC 2014 - wr@rosenauer.org
+
+- update to Thunderbird 24.4.0 (bnc#868603)
+  * MFSA 2014-15/CVE-2014-1493/CVE-2014-1494
+    Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
+  * MFSA 2014-17/CVE-2014-1497 (bmo#966311)
+    Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding
+  * MFSA 2014-26/CVE-2014-1508 (bmo#963198)
+    Information disclosure through polygon rendering in MathML
+  * MFSA 2014-27/CVE-2014-1509 (bmo#966021)
+    Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering
+  * MFSA 2014-28/CVE-2014-1505 (bmo#941887)
+    SVG filters information disclosure through feDisplacementMap
+  * MFSA 2014-29/CVE-2014-1510/CVE-2014-1511 (bmo#982906, bmo#982909)
+    Privilege escalation using WebIDL-implemented APIs
+  * MFSA 2014-30/CVE-2014-1512 (bmo#982957)
+    Use-after-free in TypeObject
+  * MFSA 2014-31/CVE-2014-1513 (bmo#982974)
+    Out-of-bounds read/write through neutering ArrayBuffer objects
+  * MFSA 2014-32/CVE-2014-1514 (bmo#983344)
+    Out-of-bounds write through TypedArrayObject after neutering
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  3 16:07:28 UTC 2014 - wr@rosenauer.org
 
diff --git a/MozillaThunderbird.spec b/MozillaThunderbird.spec
index 8338af9..255831c 100644
--- a/MozillaThunderbird.spec
+++ b/MozillaThunderbird.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define mainversion 24.3.0
+%define mainversion 24.4.0
 %define update_channel release
 %define gstreamer_ver 0.10
 %define with_kde 1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-base-%gstreamer_ver)
 %endif
 Version:        %{mainversion}
 Release:        0
-%define releasedate 2014013100
+%define releasedate 2014031500
 Provides:       thunderbird = %{version}
 %if %{with_kde}
 # this is needed to match this package with the kde4 helper package without the main package
diff --git a/compare-locales.tar.bz2 b/compare-locales.tar.bz2
index 7017480..11bd2a8 100644
--- a/compare-locales.tar.bz2
+++ b/compare-locales.tar.bz2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c5442787b5c41fd2aad47de3a2b214c7133c920de05e3e9236834656d68783ba
-size 29922
+oid sha256:2a765a8e51b5ec19d9b5e384dc0de75315cf913ea16e905ffcf4b2754b68338e
+size 29854
diff --git a/create-tar.sh b/create-tar.sh
index 42e2f5e..9ae212c 100644
--- a/create-tar.sh
+++ b/create-tar.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 CHANNEL="esr24"
 BRANCH="releases/comm-$CHANNEL"
-RELEASE_TAG="THUNDERBIRD_24_3_0_RELEASE"
-VERSION="24.3.0"
+RELEASE_TAG="THUNDERBIRD_24_4_0_RELEASE"
+VERSION="24.4.0"
 
 echo "cloning $BRANCH..."
 hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/$BRANCH thunderbird
diff --git a/l10n-24.3.0.tar.bz2 b/l10n-24.3.0.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b43b6d..0000000
--- a/l10n-24.3.0.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:544c513247aa2460d11e86f6334b478f45ce45059fcfbde1516c22bbc558d241
-size 27970930
diff --git a/l10n-24.4.0.tar.bz2 b/l10n-24.4.0.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad4474d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l10n-24.4.0.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f8b40fd5c3b54c8dee3e67a0bfeee01814d326e169c6cc65b61e03690468db6e
+size 27908598
diff --git a/thunderbird-24.3.0-source.tar.bz2 b/thunderbird-24.3.0-source.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dbbdab..0000000
--- a/thunderbird-24.3.0-source.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:735375bd1e9d698a0b7dd44dbb2c89e2d4068a75938ed6253731c87fd592bc51
-size 141877121
diff --git a/thunderbird-24.4.0-source.tar.bz2 b/thunderbird-24.4.0-source.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75a634a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thunderbird-24.4.0-source.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:1bf99bc3e2f963a5142dd60315a90e630d3abad9136f78520d3a2d4729e3d86e
+size 142156252