diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6f03e4c..899d9fa9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DESTDIR ?=
 EPOCH_TEST_COMMIT ?= $(shell git merge-base $${DEST_BRANCH:-main} HEAD)
 HEAD ?= HEAD
 
-export PODMAN_VERSION ?= "4.3.0"
+export PODMAN_VERSION ?= "4.4.0"
 
 .PHONY: podman
 podman:
diff --git a/podman/tests/__init__.py b/podman/tests/__init__.py
index 679e1030..9980a965 100644
--- a/podman/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/podman/tests/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Do not auto-update these from version.py,
 #   as test code should be changed to reflect changes in Podman API versions
 BASE_SOCK = "unix:///run/api.sock"
-LIBPOD_URL = "http://%2Frun%2Fapi.sock/v4.3.0/libpod"
+LIBPOD_URL = "http://%2Frun%2Fapi.sock/v4.4.0/libpod"
 COMPATIBLE_URL = "http://%2Frun%2Fapi.sock/v1.40"
diff --git a/podman/version.py b/podman/version.py
index 9c6279cb..cd602fa4 100644
--- a/podman/version.py
+++ b/podman/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """Version of PodmanPy."""
 
-__version__ = "4.3.0"
+__version__ = "4.4.0"
 __compatible_version__ = "1.40"