diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index 80f75761b..2ae1624ad 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildarch=2
 pkgbase=linux-kirkwood
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="Marvell Kirkwood"
-pkgver=4.4.42
+pkgver=4.4.44
 srcver=${pkgver%.0}
 pkgrel=1
 cryptodev_commit=f116a93224fc7b85f83d2c53f565f8fd86165ecc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ source=("https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${srcver}.tar.xz"
         "ftp://teambelgium.net/bfq/patches/${bfqkern}.0-${bfqver}/0002-block-introduce-the-BFQ-${bfqver}-I-O-sched-for-${bfqkern}.0.patch"
         "ftp://teambelgium.net/bfq/patches/${bfqkern}.0-${bfqver}/0003-block-bfq-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-to-BFQ-${bfqver}-for.patch"
         'linux.preset')
-md5sums=('fdf645578183b9904703c7327f89720f'
+md5sums=('b75ea204a3e967566a237419bff52d37'
          'b91129f87c799e7184c00257eeddd2f2'
          'b5fce698f52da9ac170a6639f3135bca'
          '5faf5d5f9aadf621942bd03c3b993947'