diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 0092d6c..58f2c60 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <service name="tar_scm" mode="manual">
     <param name="url">https://github.com/denoland/rusty_v8</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="revision">v0.44.1</param>
-    <param name="version">0.44.1</param>
+    <param name="revision">v0.44.2</param>
+    <param name="version">0.44.2</param>
     <param name="exclude">.git</param>
     <param name="exclude">.github</param>
     <param name="exclude">.gitignore</param>
diff --git a/rusty_v8-0.44.1.tar.xz b/rusty_v8-0.44.1.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index d165cbe..0000000
--- a/rusty_v8-0.44.1.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:fe0d93e1d183912e430170771545e459f2475e281f7288cd7b6c7f61a937e925
-size 52174092
diff --git a/rusty_v8-0.44.2.tar.xz b/rusty_v8-0.44.2.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d8434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rusty_v8-0.44.2.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:54252303eb7b9caa65455360f870b1c00ea188e825c66a783bf218004702baf7
+size 52186752
diff --git a/rusty_v8.changes b/rusty_v8.changes
index f53a908..a19e1b9 100644
--- a/rusty_v8.changes
+++ b/rusty_v8.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 21 19:26:37 UTC 2022 - Avindra Goolcharan <avindra@opensuse.org>
+
+- update to 0.44.2:
+  * build: fix flags for Clang 13 and 14 (#1009)
+  * Rolling to V8 10.4.132.8 (#1010)
+  * chore: upgrade 'regex' crate (#1011)
+- remove python 2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 18 20:52:42 UTC 2022 - Avindra Goolcharan <avindra@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/rusty_v8.spec b/rusty_v8.spec
index d4d8ae0..c038d72 100644
--- a/rusty_v8.spec
+++ b/rusty_v8.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           rusty_v8
-Version:        0.44.1
+Version:        0.44.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Build tooling for Deno (do not install or use!)
 License:        MIT
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  lld
 BuildRequires:  llvm
 BuildRequires:  ninja
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python
-BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  rust-packaging
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gmodule-2.0)
@@ -54,6 +53,13 @@ Chromium, etc.
 %{cargo_prep}
 
 %build
+# workaround to use python3
+# where "python" is invoked
+mkdir -p "$(pwd)/bin"
+ln -sf %{_bindir}/python3 "$(pwd)/bin/python"
+export PATH="$PATH:$(pwd)/bin"
+
+
 #https://github.com/denoland/rusty_v8/#build-v8-from-source
 export V8_FROM_SOURCE=1
 export CLANG_BASE_PATH=%{_prefix}
diff --git a/vendor.tar.xz b/vendor.tar.xz
index 92b3e3c..5c92edd 100644
--- a/vendor.tar.xz
+++ b/vendor.tar.xz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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-size 8690028
+oid sha256:ae6ac58b31f00115bf0ec74f6446ba8d5c810de2dfe3ff8abf85480961f6cba9
+size 8692524