diff --git a/libsoup3/.footprint b/libsoup3/.footprint
index 56ff5d343..1364af611 100644
--- a/libsoup3/.footprint
+++ b/libsoup3/.footprint
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/girepository-1.0/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Soup-3.0.typelib
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-3.0.so -> libsoup-3.0.so.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-3.0.so.0 -> libsoup-3.0.so.0.7.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-3.0.so.0.7.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-3.0.so.0 -> libsoup-3.0.so.0.7.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libsoup-3.0.so.0.7.1
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libsoup-3.0.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
diff --git a/libsoup3/.signature b/libsoup3/.signature
index 746daf62b..4007ad2a9 100644
--- a/libsoup3/.signature
+++ b/libsoup3/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF33LoelJEh2T9O3Z/5pE3TgY5e+khX0TCV/TpchegyRNdb8y2VCtMd60L2Cmel4U9kw2LPCAFCKEW9vXxFtS7rA8=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 8545775f9119eca672b0f37e19f452d8f256bd2ceffad24aa6791d65723891ee
-SHA256 (.footprint) = cfb8d4f6b0ae74df6d23f2830ed3380be0e60300d399b586e1f552168807921d
-SHA256 (libsoup-3.4.3.tar.xz) = b7f1bbaeeb43f5812daba3ee258a72e1b4b14c2fd91f4a1a75d4eea10dcf288f
+RWSagIOpLGJF37xvpSerT0zajZ79AYVcdnoJxMSRr/LlAD8YXP2Cczm4dQxkXOm8922ROx1ktYdFpgKNRKtZXHy2ZwzJN7t7NwA=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 6cf651dace28c06cbdca075610a2ed288ff4cac7ea869deba8bad64531d17e68
+SHA256 (.footprint) = eae22e188369022203736681cb36cf2300993ba57df033fa44977869d9e5eb3e
+SHA256 (libsoup-3.4.4.tar.xz) = 291c67725f36ed90ea43efff25064b69c5a2d1981488477c05c481a3b4b0c5aa
diff --git a/libsoup3/Pkgfile b/libsoup3/Pkgfile
index f5da4e5a6..d2878b7d1 100644
--- a/libsoup3/Pkgfile
+++ b/libsoup3/Pkgfile
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Description: HTTP library implementation in C.
 # URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/libsoup
 # Maintainer: John McQuah, jmcquah at disroot dot org
-# Depends on: glib-networking libnghttp2 libpsl libxml2
-# Optional: brotli gobject-introspection krb5 vala
+# Depends on: glib-networking libpsl libxml2
+# Optional: brotli krb5 vala
 
 name=libsoup3
-version=3.4.3
+version=3.4.4
 release=1
 source=(https://download.gnome.org/sources/libsoup/${version%.*}/libsoup-$version.tar.xz)
 
 build() {
   prt-get isinst brotli && PKGMK_LIBSOUP3+=' -D brotli=enabled'
-  prt-get isinst gobject-introspection && PKGMK_LIBSOUP3+=' -D introspection=enabled'
   prt-get isinst vala && PKGMK_LIBSOUP3+=' -D vapi=enabled'
 
   # turn off translations here, for a trivial reduction in CPU time 
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ build() {
   meson setup build libsoup-$version ${PKGMK_LIBSOUP3} \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --buildtype=plain \
+    -D introspection=enabled \
     -D b_lto=true \
     -D b_pie=true \
     --wrap-mode nodownload \