diff --git a/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.40.recipe b/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.44.recipe
similarity index 93%
rename from media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.40.recipe
rename to media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.44.recipe
index 36f6bae58..43cd56954 100644
--- a/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.40.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.44.recipe
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ DESCRIPTION="libpng is the official PNG reference library. It supports almost \
 all PNG features, is extensible, and has been extensively tested for over 17 \
 years."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.libpng.org/"
-COPYRIGHT="1995-2022 The PNG Reference Library Authors
-	2018-2022 Cosmin Truta
+COPYRIGHT="1995-2024 The PNG Reference Library Authors
+	2018-2024 Cosmin Truta
 	2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2018 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 	1996-1997 Andreas Dilger
 	1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc."
 LICENSE="LibPNG"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="8f720b363aa08683c9bf2a563236f45313af2c55d542b5481ae17dd8d183bb42"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="8c25a7792099a0089fa1cc76c94260d0bb3f1ec52b93671b572f8bb61577b732"
 SOURCE_DIR="libpng-$portVersion"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all"