diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index c2ad6a0b44..132fb62a47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.44.1
+version=0.44.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="flex libxslt pkg-config automake libtool"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala"
 changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/raw/0.42/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=96a8c1415c6484d7d6b837ae263af7c50465c7423bfc8eea5046f3eadfa42fe2
+checksum=67d9bb4656d8fe04bcfc1ed7ff35d191df425923de46c921ae3c3d996eee8040
 shlib_provides="libvalaccodegen.so"
 
 # for valadoc