diff --git a/238.patch b/238.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fb1979..0000000
--- a/238.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-From a7b3035175488cd26791cd7f935eb1ed03de304a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Victor M. Alvarez" <plusvic@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 14:42:32 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix segfault in Python 3.12b4
-
-In `flo_read` and `flo_write` there were calls to `Py_DECREF` after releasing the GIL.
-
-Closes #237
----
- yara-python.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++------------------
- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/yara-python.c b/yara-python.c
-index 1d851b9..714317c 100644
---- a/yara-python.c
-+++ b/yara-python.c
-@@ -1394,29 +1394,28 @@ static size_t flo_read(
-     PyObject* bytes = PyObject_CallMethod(
-         (PyObject*) user_data, "read", "n", (Py_ssize_t) size);
- 
--    PyGILState_Release(gil_state);
--
--    if (bytes != NULL)
-+    if (bytes == NULL) 
-     {
--      Py_ssize_t len;
--      char* buffer;
--
--      int result = PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(bytes, &buffer, &len);
-+      PyGILState_Release(gil_state);
-+      return i;
-+    }
- 
--      if (result == -1 || (size_t) len < size)
--      {
--        Py_DECREF(bytes);
--        return i;
--      }
-+    Py_ssize_t len;
-+    char* buffer;
- 
--      memcpy((char*) ptr + i * size, buffer, size);
-+    int result = PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(bytes, &buffer, &len);
- 
--      Py_DECREF(bytes);
--    }
--    else
-+    if (result == -1 || (size_t) len < size)
-     {
-+      Py_DECREF(bytes);
-+      PyGILState_Release(gil_state);
-       return i;
-     }
-+
-+    memcpy((char*) ptr + i * size, buffer, size);
-+
-+    Py_DECREF(bytes);
-+    PyGILState_Release(gil_state);
-   }
- 
-   return count;
-@@ -1444,12 +1443,11 @@ static size_t flo_write(
-         (PyObject*) user_data, "write", "s#", (char*) ptr + i * size, size);
-     #endif
- 
-+    Py_XDECREF(result);
-     PyGILState_Release(gil_state);
- 
-     if (result == NULL)
-       return i;
--
--    Py_DECREF(result);
-   }
- 
-   return count;
diff --git a/python-yara.spec b/python-yara.spec
index 47d9575..eca03d9 100644
--- a/python-yara.spec
+++ b/python-yara.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           python-yara
-Version:        4.3.1
-%global         baserelease     4
+Version:        4.4.0
+%global         baserelease     1
 Summary:        Python binding for the YARA pattern matching tool
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ VCS:            https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/
 
 %global         gituser         VirusTotal
 %global         gitname         yara-python
-%global         commit          37dcb76cd5a07c62e6ed2646968c496e22e70729
-%global         gitdate         20230421
+%global         commit          0dd0ed3fc513cbe1a22b7ca57c2469f37c502771
+%global         gitdate         20230917
 %global         shortcommit     %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ Release:        %{baserelease}.%{gitdate}git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
 Source0:        https://github.com/%{gituser}/%{gitname}/archive/%{commit}/%{name}-%{version}-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}-git%{gitdate}-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz
 %endif
 
-# https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/pull/238
-Patch0:         238.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(yara)
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -153,6 +150,9 @@ pytest-3 -k "$EXCLUDE" tests.py -v
 
 #====================================================================
 %changelog
+* Sun Sep 17 2023 Mikel Olasagasti Uranga <mikel@olasagasti.info> - 4.4.0-1
+- bump to 4.4.0
+
 * Fri Aug 25 2023 Mikel Olasagasti Uranga <mikel@olasagasti.info> - 4.3.1-4
 - Fix rhbz#2226378 rhbz#2220571
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ef82b4d..fbfd6ac 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (python-yara-4.3.1.tar.gz) = 78cd53f756967ef79cc742acffaeea53631ee475c07efd1506eba7e0630b2e570ba03686da1fa3247c9339faa67daf6c372913731b73233626661c0a9f575e41
+SHA512 (python-yara-4.4.0.tar.gz) = bc72c2f65e3fe3d7f94728565143b787df6cc63313a3e8b9f159a5cfc3c947f5233674a1213fd2c6454f6165b676da366319794f9fa7c695c43e5523c29a1432