diff --git a/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.42.2.recipe b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.44.0.recipe
similarity index 95%
rename from dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.42.2.recipe
rename to dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.44.0.recipe
index fa145aee2..cef054e02 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.42.2.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.44.0.recipe
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ COPYRIGHT="2015-2023 Tim Kosse"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://download.filezilla-project.org/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="4f9981a171919d3f3f4742fd50c0265947e67c531aff66fa46c7511a2629ce91"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="2a8f57a06b52f6413b47d6a5dfbe7e9e31c84cc0784076f2f7e395232b0bd461"
 PATCHES="libfilezilla-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
-libVersion="36.2.0"
+libVersion="40.0.0"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/libfilezilla/patches/libfilezilla-0.42.2.patchset b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/patches/libfilezilla-0.44.0.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-libs/libfilezilla/patches/libfilezilla-0.42.2.patchset
rename to dev-libs/libfilezilla/patches/libfilezilla-0.44.0.patchset