diff --git a/core/file/PKGBUILD b/core/file/PKGBUILD
index 0fd8d244f..19b6d1cc7 100644
--- a/core/file/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/file/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #  - configure with --disable-libseccomp
 
 pkgname=file
-pkgver=5.43
+pkgver=5.44
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='File type identification utility'
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ provides=('libmagic.so')
 options=('!emptydirs' 'debug')
 source=("https://astron.com/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"{,.asc})
 validpgpkeys=('BE04995BA8F90ED0C0C176C471112AB16CB33B3A') # Christos Zoulas
-sha256sums=('8c8015e91ae0e8d0321d94c78239892ef9dbc70c4ade0008c0e95894abfb1991'
+sha256sums=('3751c7fba8dbc831cb8d7cc8aff21035459b8ce5155ef8b0880a27d028475f3b'
             'SKIP')
 
 prepare() {