diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/libuv/libuv_1.43.0.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/libuv/libuv_1.44.1.bb
similarity index 77%
rename from poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/libuv/libuv_1.43.0.bb
rename to poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/libuv/libuv_1.44.1.bb
index 1b536de..4c96d80 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/libuv/libuv_1.43.0.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/libuv/libuv_1.44.1.bb
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It was primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it's also used by Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others."
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a68902a430e32200263d182d44924d47"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=ad93ca1fffe931537fcf64f6fcce084d"
 
-SRCREV = "988f2bfc4defb9a85a536a3e645834c161143ee0"
+SRCREV = "e8b7eb6908a847ffbe6ab2eec7428e43a0aa53a2"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libuv/libuv;branch=v1.x;protocol=https"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"