diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-boto3/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-boto3/package.py
index 1dd7841812892b83a535abc0fc732bea818de3e9..471f1457fea13c6e4e0ac021927a0ee765e03792 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-boto3/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-boto3/package.py
@@ -10,17 +10,19 @@ class PyBoto3(PythonPackage):
     """The AWS SDK for Python."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/boto/boto3"
-    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/b/boto3/boto3-1.10.38.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/b/boto3/boto3-1.10.44.tar.gz"
 
     import_modules = [
         'boto3', 'boto3.s3', 'boto3.resources', 'boto3.dynamodb',
         'boto3.docs', 'boto3.ec2'
     ]
 
+    version('1.10.44', sha256='adc0c0269bd65967fd528d7cd826304f381d40d94f2bf2b09f58167e5ac05d86')
     version('1.10.38', sha256='6cdb063b2ae5ac7b93ded6b6b17e3da1325b32232d5ff56e6800018d4786bba6')
     version('1.9.169', sha256='9d8bd0ca309b01265793b7e8d7b88c1df439737d77c8725988f0277bbf58d169')
 
     depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-botocore@1.13.44:1.13.999',  when='@1.10.44', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-botocore@1.13.38:1.13.999',  when='@1.10.38', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-botocore@1.12.169:1.12.999', when='@1.9.169', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-jmespath@0.7.1:0.999', type=('build', 'run'))