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diff --git a/freeciv-2.4.4.tar.bz2 b/freeciv-2.4.4.tar.bz2
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diff --git a/freeciv.changes b/freeciv.changes
index 35d24fd..ad65b58 100644
--- a/freeciv.changes
+++ b/freeciv.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec  6 17:35:10 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- freeciv 2.4.4:
+  Notable bug fixes include a longstanding problem with inability
+  to switch governments in the Gtk clients, many fixes to research
+  in team games, and several causes of premature nuclear
+  explosions. See the full list of changes:
+  http://www.freeciv.org/wiki/NEWS-2.4.4
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 12 22:36:06 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
-- freeciv 2.3.4
+- freeciv 2.4.3
   This release fixes a miscellaneous collection of bugs.
 - for a full list of changes, see
   http://www.freeciv.org/wiki/NEWS-2.4.3
diff --git a/freeciv.spec b/freeciv.spec
index 30d213b..000f68a 100644
--- a/freeciv.spec
+++ b/freeciv.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Url:            http://www.freeciv.org
 Summary:        Free Civilization Clone
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Amusements/Games/Strategy/Turn Based
-Version:        2.4.3
+Version:        2.4.4
 Release:        0
 Source0:        http://download.gna.org/freeciv/stable/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        freeciv.desktop