diff --git a/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm b/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm
index c178c2de8d..936cacca82 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/password-utils.scm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2019, 2020 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2020 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ them out, at the source.")
 (define-public libpwquality
   (package
     (name "libpwquality")
-    (version "1.4.2")
+    (version "1.4.4")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (list
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ them out, at the source.")
                                    "libpwquality-" version ".tar.bz2")))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "13hw532fmzc5xjpy75d74rlfdlxf2a8ibb4hyy9c0s92wsgf0qsj"))))
+                "0id5a8bi8xnjg11g9vzrl2xbpx65mfxclxcvis7zx1v8vhisyfyl"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases