diff --git a/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.43.1 b/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.43.1
deleted file mode 120000
index f605915e35..0000000000
--- a/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.43.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../binutils/2.43.1/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.44 b/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.44
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b8164295cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/binutils-bare-metal/2.44
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../binutils/2.44
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk b/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk
index 97a242a6f2..3525e9fdf2 100644
--- a/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk
+++ b/package/binutils-bare-metal/binutils-bare-metal.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_VERSION = 2.43.1
+BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_VERSION = 2.44
 BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/binutils
 BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_SOURCE = binutils-$(BINUTILS_BARE_METAL_VERSION).tar.xz