diff --git a/basicswap/bin/prepare.py b/basicswap/bin/prepare.py
index c7c16cc..859b389 100755
--- a/basicswap/bin/prepare.py
+++ b/basicswap/bin/prepare.py
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ DCR_VERSION_TAG = os.getenv("DCR_VERSION_TAG", "")
 NMC_VERSION = os.getenv("NMC_VERSION", "28.0")
 NMC_VERSION_TAG = os.getenv("NMC_VERSION_TAG", "")
 
-MONERO_VERSION = os.getenv("MONERO_VERSION", "0.18.4.3")
+MONERO_VERSION = os.getenv("MONERO_VERSION", "0.18.4.4")
 MONERO_VERSION_TAG = os.getenv("MONERO_VERSION_TAG", "")
 XMR_SITE_COMMIT = (
-    "df28b670cb3a174d7763dd6d22fb4ef20597d0ac"  # Lock hashes.txt to monero version
+    "a1bd4cd48a85b6012de20d9e490f83936f477be2"  # Lock hashes.txt to monero version
 )
 
 WOWNERO_VERSION = os.getenv("WOWNERO_VERSION", "0.11.3.0")