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diff --git a/gegl.changes b/gegl.changes
index d9c582a..ecd601c 100644
--- a/gegl.changes
+++ b/gegl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 30 14:09:16 UTC 2023 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
+
+- Update to version 0.4.44:
+  + This release fixes a crashing bug what is umasked by GLib
+    2.75.3 and newer. Never-allocated data were being passed to
+    g_slice_free, in GeglBuffer’s handling of copy-on-write tiles.
+  + ctx: Updated vendored library from upstream.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar  2 08:27:48 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/gegl.spec b/gegl.spec
index e01f046..732c0b9 100644
--- a/gegl.spec
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %bcond_with gegl_docs
 
 Name:           gegl
-Version:        0.4.42
+Version:        0.4.44
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Generic Graphics Library
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later
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