diff --git a/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch b/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
index 95486f6..d7beddc 100644
--- a/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
+++ b/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/configure
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/src/configure
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/src/configure
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/configure
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/src/configure
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/src/configure
 @@ -3603,12 +3603,12 @@ then :
  printf "%s\n" "#define STDC_HEADERS 1" >>confdefs.h
  
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/configure
  fi
  
  
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/postgres/client.c
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/src/postgres/client.c
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/src/postgres/client.c
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/postgres/client.c
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/src/postgres/client.c
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/src/postgres/client.c
 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Postgres Client
  ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
  #include "build.auto.h"
diff --git a/pgbackrest-2.43.tar.gz b/pgbackrest-2.43.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2578c84..0000000
--- a/pgbackrest-2.43.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b00bf0aa021bff4e1ef6aa97e7164c8a9d333e9bc8b0832d6b71201f1534f7e7
-size 5869405
diff --git a/pgbackrest-2.44.tar.gz b/pgbackrest-2.44.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a0a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgbackrest-2.44.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b760db68316357b3ffd15ef78b642a625b78d4171b7d463442ea7acf4f7d83a4
+size 5920087
diff --git a/pgbackrest.changes b/pgbackrest.changes
index e55dd73..e04feb9 100644
--- a/pgbackrest.changes
+++ b/pgbackrest.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  6 07:53:56 UTC 2023 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
+
+- update to version 2.44
+  + Remove support for PostgreSQL 9.0/9.1/9.2. 
+  + Restore errors when no backup matches the current version of PostgreSQL. 
+  + Add compress-level range checking for each compress-type. 
+  + Documentation improvements
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  6 16:32:27 UTC 2022 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pgbackrest.spec b/pgbackrest.spec
index 8cbe53d..cb7eb93 100644
--- a/pgbackrest.spec
+++ b/pgbackrest.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package pgbackrest
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Ioda-Net Sàrl, Charmoille, Switzerland.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define services pgbackrest.target pgbackrest-diff@.service pgbackrest-full@.service pgbackrest-incr@.service pgbackrest.service pgbackrest-diff@.timer pgbackrest-full@.timer pgbackrest-incr@.timer
 
 Name:           pgbackrest
-Version:        2.43
+Version:        2.44
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore
 License:        MIT
diff --git a/use-run-pgbackrest.patch b/use-run-pgbackrest.patch
index 79e03fd..2215bda 100644
--- a/use-run-pgbackrest.patch
+++ b/use-run-pgbackrest.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/CODING.md
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/CODING.md
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/CODING.md
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/CODING.md
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/CODING.md
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/CODING.md
 @@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ Continuation characters should be aligne
  
  This function can be called without variable parameters:
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/CODING.md
  ```
  If the majority of functions in a module or object are variadic it is best to provide macros for all functions even if they do not have variable parameters. Do not use the base function when variadic macros exist.
  
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/resource/git-history.cache
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/doc/resource/git-history.cache
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/doc/resource/git-history.cache
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/resource/git-history.cache
-@@ -5580,7 +5580,7 @@
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/doc/resource/git-history.cache
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/doc/resource/git-history.cache
+@@ -6013,7 +6013,7 @@
      {
          "commit": "a1365b26d4c2383eaacea3714eeb521435ca79aa",
          "date": "2021-01-18 23:41:09 -0500",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "8322dfd7af97e307b952cfb37e6a65b65f55be0f",
-@@ -8396,8 +8396,8 @@
+@@ -8829,8 +8829,8 @@
      {
          "commit": "3fbfcba811499a59b943dd893eef9ff52090f7b6",
          "date": "2020-03-16 17:27:01 -0400",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "46911c64c19dc8ff76d2a6ff4548fc01647043e0",
-@@ -10297,7 +10297,7 @@
+@@ -10730,7 +10730,7 @@
          "commit": "45881c74aeff4bb25559ec0254fa7fc1960d9cab",
          "date": "2019-10-08 12:06:30 -0400",
          "subject": "Allow most unit tests to run outside of a container.",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "77b0c6c993a0e6ff45a6a99f343c3709a016d152",
-@@ -18784,7 +18784,7 @@
+@@ -19217,7 +19217,7 @@
          "commit": "18fd25233b1db7b3197f5d8dc537d239dcfc7aba",
          "date": "2016-04-14 09:30:54 -0400",
          "subject": "New simpler configuration and consistent project/exe/path naming.",
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "885797e4b58a675487a3531ba16908c1d1e9f970",
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/xml/coding.xml
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/doc/xml/coding.xml
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/doc/xml/coding.xml
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/xml/coding.xml
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/doc/xml/coding.xml
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/doc/xml/coding.xml
 @@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ void storagePathCreate(const Storage *th
              <p>This function can be called without variable parameters:</p>
  
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/xml/coding.xml
              </code-block>
  
              <p>If the majority of functions in a module or object are variadic it is best to provide macros for all functions even if they do not have variable parameters.  Do not use the base function when variadic macros exist.</p>
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/xml/release.xml
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/doc/xml/release.xml
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/doc/xml/release.xml
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/xml/release.xml
-@@ -10716,7 +10716,7 @@
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/doc/xml/release.xml
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/doc/xml/release.xml
+@@ -10902,7 +10902,7 @@
                              <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
                          </release-item-contributor-list> -->
  
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/doc/xml/release.xml
                      </release-item>
  
                      <release-item>
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/build/config/config.yaml
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/src/build/config/config.yaml
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/src/build/config/config.yaml
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/build/config/config.yaml
-@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ option:
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/src/build/config/config.yaml
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/src/build/config/config.yaml
+@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ option:
    lock-path:
      section: global
      type: path
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/src/build/config/config.yaml
      command:
        annotate: {}
        archive-get: {}
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/Vagrantfile
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/test/Vagrantfile
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/test/Vagrantfile
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/Vagrantfile
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/test/Vagrantfile
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/test/Vagrantfile
 @@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
              sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox-guest-utils stop
              sudo /usr/sbin/VBoxService --timesync-set-on-restore --timesync-interval 5000 --timesync-set-threshold 1
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/Vagrantfile
  
              # Mount tmpfs at /home/vagrant/test for faster testing
              #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/ci.pl
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/test/ci.pl
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/test/ci.pl
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/ci.pl
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/test/ci.pl
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/test/ci.pl
 @@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ eval
              $strPackage .= " libdbd-pg-perl";
          }
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/ci.pl
          processEnd();
  
          processBegin('install test packages');
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.44/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.43.orig/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.43/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.44.orig/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.44/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
 @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ testRun(void)
              "                                    [default=n]\n"
              "  --io-timeout                      I/O timeout [default=60]\n"