diff --git a/python-wheel/PKGBUILD b/python-wheel/PKGBUILD
index d90a9a56..a5288abc 100644
--- a/python-wheel/PKGBUILD
+++ b/python-wheel/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 _realname=wheel
 pkgname="python-${_realname}"
-pkgver=0.43.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=0.44.0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A built-package format for Python"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wheel"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ makedepends=(
   "python-build"
 )
 source=("https://pypi.org/packages/source/${_realname::1}/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('465ef92c69fa5c5da2d1cf8ac40559a8c940886afcef87dcf14b9470862f1d85')
+sha256sums=('a29c3f2817e95ab89aa4660681ad547c0e9547f20e75b0562fe7723c9a2a9d49')
 
 build() {
   cd "${_realname}-${pkgver}"