diff --git a/libs/libpng/Makefile b/libs/libpng/Makefile
index 90de202202e3c..72b0702c57f94 100644
--- a/libs/libpng/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libpng/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libpng
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.43
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.44
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/libpng
-PKG_HASH:=6a5ca0652392a2d7c9db2ae5b40210843c0bbc081cbd410825ab00cc59f14a6c
+PKG_HASH:=60c4da1d5b7f0aa8d158da48e8f8afa9773c1c8baa5d21974df61f1886b8ce8e
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Libpng GPL-2.0-or-later BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/libs/libpng/patches/200-ccache.patch b/libs/libpng/patches/200-ccache.patch
index eb489a8331008..a08dcd14857f6 100644
--- a/libs/libpng/patches/200-ccache.patch
+++ b/libs/libpng/patches/200-ccache.patch
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "@CMAKE_C_COMPILER@")
 +set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1 "@CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1@")
  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS @CMAKE_C_FLAGS@)
+ set(CMAKE_SYSROOT @CMAKE_SYSROOT@)
  set(INCDIR "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@")
- set(PNG_PREFIX "@PNG_PREFIX@")
-@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ if(INPUTEXT STREQUAL ".c" AND OUTPUTEXT
+@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ if(INPUTEXT STREQUAL ".c" AND OUTPUTEXT
      set(PNG_PREFIX_DEF "-DPNG_PREFIX=${PNG_PREFIX}")
    endif()