diff --git a/devel/libuv/Makefile b/devel/libuv/Makefile
index 4ec6591a1c06..8a13d06cfc6c 100644
--- a/devel/libuv/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libuv/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	libuv
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.42.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.44.2
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
diff --git a/devel/libuv/distinfo b/devel/libuv/distinfo
index 7571f89acf73..4a6c42ee7f52 100644
--- a/devel/libuv/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libuv/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1627245302
-SHA256 (libuv-v1.42.0.tar.gz) = 43129625155a8aed796ebe90b8d4c990a73985ec717de2b2d5d3a23cfe4deb72
-SIZE (libuv-v1.42.0.tar.gz) = 1284534
+TIMESTAMP = 1657665797
+SHA256 (libuv-v1.44.2.tar.gz) = ccfcdc968c55673c6526d8270a9c8655a806ea92468afcbcabc2b16040f03cb4
+SIZE (libuv-v1.44.2.tar.gz) = 1301690