diff --git a/dnf-plugins-core.spec b/dnf-plugins-core.spec
index 84fd081b..60f747be 100644
--- a/dnf-plugins-core.spec
+++ b/dnf-plugins-core.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           dnf-plugins-core
-Version:        4.4.2
+Version:        4.4.3
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Core Plugins for DNF
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -812,6 +812,11 @@ ln -sf %{_mandir}/man1/%{yum_utils_subpackage_name}.1.gz %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 06 2023 Jan Kolarik <jkolarik@redhat.com> - 4.4.3-1
+- needs-restarting: Avoid issue with garbage smaps chars (RhBug:2212953)
+- needs-restarting: Add kernel-core to reboot list
+- Update translations
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2023 Nicola Sella <nsella@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-1
 - Fixed copr.vendor.conf not loading
 - "dnf copr enable" on "Asahi Fedora Linux Remix" guesses epel..x86_64
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index 0f1a9ce5..ad43579b 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ Core DNF Plugins Release Notes
 
 .. contents::
 
+===================
+4.4.3 Release Notes
+===================
+
+- Bug fixes:
+  - needs-restarting: Avoid issue with garbage smaps chars (RhBug:2212953)
+
+- Others:
+  - needs-restarting: Add kernel-core to reboot list
+  - Update translations 
+
+Bugs fixed in 4.4.3:
+
+* :rhbug:`2212953`
+
 ===================
 4.4.2 Release Notes
 ===================
diff --git a/doc/summaries_cache b/doc/summaries_cache
index 19fda98b..1b6ab35f 100644
--- a/doc/summaries_cache
+++ b/doc/summaries_cache
@@ -722,5 +722,9 @@
     [
         2211844,
         "`dnf offline-upgrade reboot --poweroff` doesn't poweroff after upgrade"
+    ],
+    [
+        2212953,
+        "Smaps file parsing in DNF's needs-restarting cannot handle garbage UTF-8-ish characters in smaps lines"
     ]
 ]
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