diff --git a/nfs-ganesha.spec b/nfs-ganesha.spec
index 801fe75..15a0484 100644
--- a/nfs-ganesha.spec
+++ b/nfs-ganesha.spec
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ Requires: sles-release >= 12
 %global use_system_ntirpc %{on_off_switch system_ntirpc}
 
 Name:		nfs-ganesha
-Version:	2.4.3
-Release:	2%{?dev:%{dev}}%{?dist}
+Version:	2.4.4
+Release:	1%{?dev:%{dev}}%{?dist}
 Summary:	NFS-Ganesha is a NFS Server running in user space
 Group:		Applications/System
 License:	LGPLv3+
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ BuildRequires:	gcc-c++
 %if %{with system_ntirpc}
 BuildRequires:	libntirpc-devel >= 1.4.1
 %endif
+%if ( 0%{?fedora} )
+# this should effectively be a no-op, as all Fedora installs should have it
+# with selinux.
 Requires:	policycoreutils-python    
+%endif
 Requires:	nfs-utils
 %if ( 0%{?fedora} ) || ( 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} >= 6 ) || ( 0%{?suse_version} )
 Requires:	rpcbind
@@ -544,6 +548,9 @@ killall -SIGHUP dbus-daemon 2>&1 > /dev/null
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 21 2017 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle at redhat.com> 2.4.4-1
+- nfs-ganesha 2.4.4 GA
+
 * Thu Feb 9 2017 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle at redhat.com> 2.4.3-2
 - nfs-ganesha 2.4.3 GA, reenable FSAL_CEPH and FSAL_RGW
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b071202..fb36b8a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (nfs-ganesha-2.4.3.tar.gz) = e2b438f046d2032933749a37aa763040d6b708b02cd50e3ad063fdd395cbf0dae8747759857bb7488be729069c910f0102e0893bcfc0302fe6d82cd5b5e5edcd
+SHA512 (nfs-ganesha-2.4.4.tar.gz) = 88ecceb1af0bea27e97621970ea727e77a1fe45ee94f33261898c6750e73d73579fb8ef0bdb6af0df545d0013ffdbf06321afd5ef8847e6e3dc91a6b32a3f4ed