diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index 89756040267..151f7ff748e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=12.43
+version=12.44
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://exiftool.org/"
 changelog="https://exiftool.org/history.html"
 distfiles="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3e7eb39f74230d7a88ffb8d2cde1509db4702a815b267501b377afa499212355
+checksum=002b5f849d34674f802608611563abdc665ea89018e21a6ca73e71578f5c9e12