diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f394830..dd4cc801 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.44.0
+
+- OGR now understands a few community-hosted GitLab instances that could not be determined automatically from the hostname. Thanks to that, you don't need to hardcode these instances to be mapped correctly. (#775)
+
 # 0.43.0
 
 - Fixes an issue with project->service mapping where the service with an url not containing the service type wasn't matched. (#771)
diff --git a/fedora/python-ogr.spec b/fedora/python-ogr.spec
index 33dc97d8..da53c6f1 100644
--- a/fedora/python-ogr.spec
+++ b/fedora/python-ogr.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global srcname ogr
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        0.43.0
+Version:        0.44.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        One API for multiple git forges
 
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ rm -rf %{srcname}.egg-info
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 05 2023 Packit Team <hello@packit.dev> - 0.44.0-1
+- New upstream release 0.44.0
+
 * Thu Feb 23 2023 Packit Team <hello@packit.dev> - 0.43.0-1
 - New upstream release 0.43.0