diff --git a/3.8.3.tar.gz b/3.8.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index b49f2c7..0000000
--- a/3.8.3.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c92783f373c43c061a7b1aed77de11a1bcd9354bd8ff8aa1302fe2fd205bc1d0
-size 128628
diff --git a/4.4.0.tar.gz b/4.4.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a209a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/4.4.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:dc5d9809df1e6cc094e9ccf8e793d7ea5b5388b057eb35640e7f7c59e843b48c
+size 161373
diff --git a/java-jwt-3.8.3.pom b/java-jwt-4.4.0.pom
similarity index 86%
rename from java-jwt-3.8.3.pom
rename to java-jwt-4.4.0.pom
index 0652778..c3fa1e1 100644
--- a/java-jwt-3.8.3.pom
+++ b/java-jwt-4.4.0.pom
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
-  <version>3.8.3</version>
+  <version>4.4.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>java jwt</name>
   <description>Java implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT)</description>
@@ -29,13 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.0.pr3</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.12</version>
+      <version>2.14.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/java-jwt-build.xml b/java-jwt-build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5054486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-jwt-build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project name="java-jwt" default="package" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Build environment properties                                           -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <property name="project.groupId" value="com.auth0"/>
+  <property name="project.artifactId" value="java-jwt"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="4.4.0"/>
+
+  <property name="compiler.release" value="8"/>
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.${compiler.release}"/>
+  <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
+
+  <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
+  <property name="build.dir" value="target"/>
+  <property name="build.outputDir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="build.srcDir" value="src/main/java"/>
+  <property name="build.jmhDir" value="src/jmh/java"/>
+  <property name="build.resourceDir" value="src/main/resources"/>
+  <property name="build.javadocDir" value="src/main/javadoc"/>
+
+  <property name="reporting.outputDirectory" value="${build.dir}/site"/>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Defining classpaths                                                    -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <path id="build.classpath">
+    <fileset dir="lib">
+      <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Cleaning up target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="clean" description="Clean the output directory">
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Compilation target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile" description="Compile the code">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.outputDir}"/>
+    <javac destdir="${build.outputDir}"
+           nowarn="false"
+           debug="true"
+           optimize="false"
+           deprecation="true"
+           release="${compiler.release}"
+           target="${compiler.target}"
+           verbose="false"
+           fork="false"
+           source="${compiler.source}">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${build.srcDir}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath>
+        <path refid="build.classpath"/>
+      </classpath>
+      <exclude name="**/module-info.java"/>
+    </javac>
+    <!-- module-info.java built with source/target 9 -->
+    <javac destdir="${build.outputDir}"
+           nowarn="false"
+           debug="true"
+           encoding="utf-8"
+           optimize="false"
+           deprecation="true"
+           release="9"
+           verbose="false"
+           fork="false">
+      <modulepath>
+        <path refid="build.classpath"/>
+        <pathelement location="${build.outputDir}"/>
+      </modulepath>
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${build.srcDir}"/>
+      </src>
+      <include name="**/module-info.java"/>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Javadoc target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="javadoc" description="Generates the Javadoc of the application">
+    <javadoc sourcepath="${build.srcDir}"
+             packagenames="*"
+             destdir="${reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs"
+             access="protected"
+             source="${compiler.source}"
+             verbose="false"
+             version="true"
+             use="true"
+             author="true"
+             splitindex="false"
+             nodeprecated="false"
+             nodeprecatedlist="false"
+             notree="false"
+             noindex="false"
+             nohelp="false"
+             nonavbar="false"
+             serialwarn="false"
+             charset="ISO-8859-1"
+             linksource="false"
+             breakiterator="false">
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javadoc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Package target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="package" depends="compile" description="Package the application">
+    <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${build.finalName}.jar"
+         compress="true"
+         index="false"
+         basedir="${build.outputDir}"
+         excludes="**/package.html">
+      <manifest>
+        <attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="${project.artifactId}"/>
+        <attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${project.version}"/>
+      </manifest>
+    </jar>
+
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- A dummy target for the package named after the type it creates         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="jar" depends="package" description="Builds the jar for the application"/>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/java-jwt.changes b/java-jwt.changes
index ee69460..f787e9b 100644
--- a/java-jwt.changes
+++ b/java-jwt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 10 14:48:25 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Upgrade to version 4.4.0
+  * Main features of 4.x
+    + Predicates based claim verification
+    + Support for Instant API and Lambda functions
+    + Improved Exceptions API
+    + Consistent null handling
+  * Breaking changes:
+    + Make JWT constants final values
+  * Security:
+    + Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to 2.13.4.2
+      CVE-2022-42003
+  * Additions:
+    + Add integration with our Shipping orb
+    + Add Ship CLI support
+    + Provide straightforward example for JWKS
+  * Changes:
+    + Update to gradle 6.9.2
+    + Update OSS plugin to latest
+    + SDK-3466 Upgrade Codecov
+    + Update README.md
+    + Re-enable japicmp API diff checking
+    + Update .shiprc to only update lib version in build.gradle
+    + Optimise TokenUtils parsing
+    + Update Circle Ship Orb configuration
+    + Improve JWT parse/decode performance
+    + Add support for passing json values for header and payload
+    + Preserve insertion order for claims
+    + Update Jackson to 2.14.2
+  * Fixed
+    + Check for null token before splitting
+    + [SDK-3816] Update docs for verification thread-safety
+    + Update Claim#asString documentation
+    + Fix for exp claim considered valid if equal to now
+- Build also module-info.java useful for modular javas
+- Change the build system to ant. Upstream anyway uses gradle and 
+  ant is more flexible then maven for this case
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 26 04:35:00 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/java-jwt.spec b/java-jwt.spec
index 8ea490d..bff7c77 100644
--- a/java-jwt.spec
+++ b/java-jwt.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package java-jwt
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,20 +16,27 @@
 #
 
 
+# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
+# binaries are java 8 compatible
+%define __requires_exclude java-headless
 Name:           java-jwt
-Version:        3.8.3
+Version:        4.4.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Java JWT
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 URL:            https://github.com/auth0/%{name}
 Source0:        https://github.com/auth0/%{name}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/auth0/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.pom
+Source1:        %{name}-build.xml
+Source2:        https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/auth0/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.pom
+BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
-BuildRequires:  maven-local
-BuildRequires:  mvn(com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(commons-codec:commons-codec)
+BuildRequires:  jackson-annotations
+BuildRequires:  jackson-core
+BuildRequires:  jackson-databind
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 9
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -44,30 +51,31 @@ API documentation for the Logback library
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-cp %{SOURCE1} lib/pom.xml
-
-%pom_xpath_remove pom:dependency/pom:scope lib
+cp %{SOURCE1} lib/build.xml
 
 %build
-pushd lib
-%{mvn_build} -f -- \
-%if %{?pkg_vcmp:%pkg_vcmp java-devel >= 9}%{!?pkg_vcmp:0}
-	-Dmaven.compiler.release=8 \
-%endif
-	-Dmaven.compiler.source=8 -Dmaven.compiler.target=8 -Dsource=8
-popd
+mkdir -p lib/lib
+build-jar-repository -s lib/lib jackson-annotations jackson-core jackson-databind
+ant -f lib/build.xml jar javadoc
 
 %install
-pushd lib
-%mvn_install
-%fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}
-popd
+install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_javadir}
+install -pm 0644 lib/target/%{name}-%{version}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
 
-%files -f lib/.mfiles
+install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}
+%{mvn_install_pom} %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/%{name}.pom
+%add_maven_depmap %{name}.pom %{name}.jar
+
+install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}
+cp -r lib/target/site/apidocs %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+%fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}
+
+%files -f .mfiles
 %license LICENSE
 %doc README.md
 
-%files javadoc -f lib/.mfiles-javadoc
+%files javadoc
+%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog