diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c204b8..f23a1c0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-packages = ["kopf==1.44.3"]
+packages = ["kopf==1.44.4"]
 pip-install = ["pip==26.0.1"]
 
 [project.urls]