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diff --git a/python-M2Crypto.changes b/python-M2Crypto.changes
index a14f672..fd8616e 100644
--- a/python-M2Crypto.changes
+++ b/python-M2Crypto.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 17 17:42:35 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Update to 0.44.0:
+    - fix(rsa): introduce internal cache for rsa.check_key()
+      (bsc#1236664, srht#mcepl/m2crypto#369)
+    - fix[authcookie]: modernize the module
+    - fix(_lib): add missing #include for windows
+    - ci: relax fedora crypto policy to legacy.
+    - enhance setup.py for macos compatibility
+    - prefer packaging.version over distutils.version
+    - fix segfault with openssl 3.4.0
+    - fix[ec]: raise ioerror instead when load_key_bio() cannot read
+      the file.
+    - doc: update installation instructions for windows.
+    - fix setting x509.verify_* variables
+    - fix building against openssl in non-standard location
+    - test_x509: use only x509_version_1 (0) as version for csr. 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 12 11:01:06 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- The real license is BSD 2-Clause, not MIT.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 30 18:42:41 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
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 %define oldpython python
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-M2Crypto
-Version:        0.43.0
+Version:        0.44.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Crypto and SSL toolkit for Python
-License:        MIT
+License:        BSD 2-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://sr.ht/~mcepl/m2crypto/
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/M/M2crypto/m2crypto-%{version}.tar.gz