diff --git a/srcpkgs/help2man/template b/srcpkgs/help2man/template
index 08c66485bc5..3c952328a1c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/help2man/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/help2man/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'help2man'
 pkgname=help2man
-version=1.43.3
+version=1.44.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl perl-Locale-gettext"
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ short_desc="GNU conversion tool to create man files"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man"
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=67978d118980ebd9f0c60be5db129527900a7b997b9568fc795ba9bdb341d303
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=22de6846771921f455e389cdca07119d7f55b1877685b42dd5bbb9fc1377defb