diff --git a/expat/CMake.README b/expat/CMake.README
index 288fa5ab..586f5874 100644
--- a/expat/CMake.README
+++ b/expat/CMake.README
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@
 The cmake based buildsystem for expat works on Windows (cygwin, mingw, Visual
 Studio) and should work on all other platform cmake supports.
 
-Assuming ~/expat-2.4.3 is the source directory of expat, add a subdirectory
+Assuming ~/expat-2.4.4 is the source directory of expat, add a subdirectory
 build and change into that directory:
-~/expat-2.4.3$ mkdir build && cd build
-~/expat-2.4.3/build$
+~/expat-2.4.4$ mkdir build && cd build
+~/expat-2.4.4/build$
 
 From that directory, call cmake first, then call make, make test and
 make install in the usual way:
-~/expat-2.4.3/build$ cmake ..
+~/expat-2.4.4/build$ cmake ..
 -- The C compiler identification is GNU
 -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU
 ....
 -- Configuring done
 -- Generating done
--- Build files have been written to: /home/patrick/expat-2.4.3/build
+-- Build files have been written to: /home/patrick/expat-2.4.4/build
 
 If you want to specify the install location for your files, append
 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/your/install/path to the cmake call.
 
-~/expat-2.4.3/build$ make && make test && make install
+~/expat-2.4.4/build$ make && make test && make install
 Scanning dependencies of target expat
 [  5%] Building C object CMakeFiles/expat.dir/lib/xmlparse.c.o
 [ 11%] Building C object CMakeFiles/expat.dir/lib/xmlrole.c.o
diff --git a/expat/CMakeLists.txt b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
index e014e308..23a8bb0f 100644
--- a/expat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ endif()
 
 project(expat
     VERSION
-        2.4.3
+        2.4.4
     LANGUAGES
         C
 )
diff --git a/expat/README.md b/expat/README.md
index 6fdd6148..00e6cca2 100644
--- a/expat/README.md
+++ b/expat/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Downloads GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/libexpat/libexpat/total?label=Downloads%20GitHub)](https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases)
 
 
-# Expat, Release 2.4.3
+# Expat, Release 2.4.4
 
 This is Expat, a C library for parsing XML, started by
 [James Clark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clark_%28programmer%29) in 1997.
diff --git a/expat/doc/reference.html b/expat/doc/reference.html
index 1629413e..fe09db32 100644
--- a/expat/doc/reference.html
+++ b/expat/doc/reference.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   <div>
     <h1>
       The Expat XML Parser
-      <small>Release 2.4.3</small>
+      <small>Release 2.4.4</small>
     </h1>
   </div>
 <div class="content">
diff --git a/expat/lib/expat.h b/expat/lib/expat.h
index 0f021e25..4c5704fd 100644
--- a/expat/lib/expat.h
+++ b/expat/lib/expat.h
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ XML_SetBillionLaughsAttackProtectionActivationThreshold(
 */
 #define XML_MAJOR_VERSION 2
 #define XML_MINOR_VERSION 4
-#define XML_MICRO_VERSION 3
+#define XML_MICRO_VERSION 4
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
index 26d8ecbe..3c7a3a0d 100644
--- a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
+++ b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 9ca2a2fedc35bcb13ba9a134ba5e173020bc2ff5f5a311abf742cec7da1ff26a (2.4.3+)
+/* 2e2c8ce5f11a473d65ec313ab20ceee6afefb355f5405afc06e7204e2e41c8c0 (2.4.4+)
                             __  __            _
                          ___\ \/ /_ __   __ _| |_
                         / _ \\  /| '_ \ / _` | __|
diff --git a/expat/tests/runtests.c b/expat/tests/runtests.c
index 579dad1a..4a9c5328 100644
--- a/expat/tests/runtests.c
+++ b/expat/tests/runtests.c
@@ -7376,7 +7376,7 @@ START_TEST(test_misc_version) {
     fail("Version mismatch");
 
 #if ! defined(XML_UNICODE) || defined(XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T)
-  if (xcstrcmp(version_text, XCS("expat_2.4.3"))) /* needs bump on releases */
+  if (xcstrcmp(version_text, XCS("expat_2.4.4"))) /* needs bump on releases */
     fail("XML_*_VERSION in expat.h out of sync?\n");
 #else
   /* If we have XML_UNICODE defined but not XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T
diff --git a/expat/win32/expat.iss b/expat/win32/expat.iss
index 0f95462a..7261fd99 100644
--- a/expat/win32/expat.iss
+++ b/expat/win32/expat.iss
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 ; OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
 ; USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-#define expatVer "2.4.3"
+#define expatVer "2.4.4"
 
 [Setup]
 AppName=Expat