diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
index ffdfa0185c5..cf3c5fc21be 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Binutils(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
         "GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later",
         checked_by="tgamblin",
     )
-
+    version("2.44", sha256="f66390a661faa117d00fab2e79cf2dc9d097b42cc296bf3f8677d1e7b452dc3a")
     version("2.43.1", sha256="becaac5d295e037587b63a42fad57fe3d9d7b83f478eb24b67f9eec5d0f1872f")
     version("2.43", sha256="fed3c3077f0df7a4a1aa47b080b8c53277593ccbb4e5e78b73ffb4e3f265e750")
     version("2.42", sha256="aa54850ebda5064c72cd4ec2d9b056c294252991486350d9a97ab2a6dfdfaf12")