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diff --git a/python-pysndfile.changes b/python-pysndfile.changes
index 6a0837c..4be58d3 100644
--- a/python-pysndfile.changes
+++ b/python-pysndfile.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct  6 22:07:46 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+
+- Update to Version_1.4.4 (2022-03-11)
+  * Fix for win32: improved error handling for PyUnicode_AsWideCharString (thanks to Andrey Bienkowski) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 26 21:21:17 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pysndfile.spec b/python-pysndfile.spec
index 46751fc..1d0a08d 100644
--- a/python-pysndfile.spec
+++ b/python-pysndfile.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pysndfile
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define skip_python36 1
 Name:           python-pysndfile
-Version:        1.4.3
+Version:        1.4.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Cython wrapper class for reading/writing soundfiles
 License:        LGPL-3.0-only