diff --git a/lfs/file b/lfs/file
index 264c7322b..7877425ea 100644
--- a/lfs/file
+++ b/lfs/file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2020  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2022  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 5.40
+VER        = 5.44
 
 THISAPP    = file-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 4e15a1ca62fe7c03c90b0e509dc899b87f4474f758ad3d08172b3d838dc3f7c2954ba1074eeeeb3da8c04b8df84eff2b8cdf3177da334a926914429df67f60bf
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = a90ccae738a95315d75a0aaee7bbff3624425cc9267daf18ba9147b7c9b9ebfb31288b54c63a73e4695eca0e876f206e40bcb81c422f1bf572b976e753b25a42
 
 install : $(TARGET)