diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d5cdc0c..0bd2fbf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN cd gnuplot-main && \
     make -s && \
     make install
 
-ENV maxima_build tags/5.43.0
+ENV maxima_build tags/5.44.0
 
 RUN git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/maxima/code maxima-code && \
     cd maxima-code && \
diff --git a/update_versions.sh b/update_versions.sh
index aa59031..657e325 100755
--- a/update_versions.sh
+++ b/update_versions.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-maxima_build='tags\/5.43.0'
+maxima_build='tags\/5.44.0'
 
 sed -i -e "s/ENV maxima_build .*/ENV maxima_build $maxima_build/" Dockerfile