diff --git a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild
index 4e3d0ee769..bcf8235071 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # see nvidia-driver/changelog.txt
 
 PRGNAM=nvidia-kernel
-VERSION=${VERSION:-440.36}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-440.44}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info
index 1ca83f3d84..2c0b2fc027 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info
+++ b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="nvidia-kernel"
-VERSION="440.36"
+VERSION="440.44"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.nvidia.com"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/440.36/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.36.run"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="0a85672111e3eb348838a5919253411b"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/440.44/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.44.run"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="8b72e9af14e43171405526a308a08796"
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Edward W. Koenig"
 EMAIL="kingbeowulf@gmail.com"