diff --git a/graphics/gifsicle/Makefile b/graphics/gifsicle/Makefile
index 2d2a5c6b35b5..7027a793c731 100644
--- a/graphics/gifsicle/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/gifsicle/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	gifsicle
-PORTVERSION=	1.40
+PORTVERSION=	1.44
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/
 
diff --git a/graphics/gifsicle/distinfo b/graphics/gifsicle/distinfo
index 3f03b04f6b05..b95776086be0 100644
--- a/graphics/gifsicle/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/gifsicle/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (gifsicle-1.40.tar.gz) = 2503cecaf678d17244dba965ce2a544b
-SHA256 (gifsicle-1.40.tar.gz) = b1d00763c8f328a4d2ec8320c09df08d404c4fd4d45303ff6291505d5435720d
-SIZE (gifsicle-1.40.tar.gz) = 212021
+MD5 (gifsicle-1.44.tar.gz) = 81f76edf8556205d8713e7746d6ab9fa
+SHA256 (gifsicle-1.44.tar.gz) = a8e5283860448c5f61f9477570e3dbd373ffb92f83b22ad4db8fa8dd2ee9539d
+SIZE (gifsicle-1.44.tar.gz) = 228882