diff --git a/.github/workflows/nixos-search.yaml b/.github/workflows/nixos-search.yaml
index cbd7aecb..1f91d585 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nixos-search.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nixos-search.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION_CONTENT=$(curl --silent "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nixos/nixos-search/main/VERSION" | tr -d '[:space:]')
           # NOTE: this number and the version number in src/search.rs have
           # to be updated when nixos-search updates it's version number.
-          VERSION_NUMBER=43
+          VERSION_NUMBER=44
 
           echo "Found VERSION: $VERSION_CONTENT"
 
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index 1ac16b85..9eb0dbcf 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl SearchArgs {
             // this file and the corresponding workflow called
             // nixos-search.yaml have to be updated accordingly.
             .post(format!(
-                "https://search.nixos.org/backend/latest-43-{channel}/_search"
+                "https://search.nixos.org/backend/latest-44-{channel}/_search"
             ))
             .json(&query)
             .header("User-Agent", format!("nh/{}", crate::NH_VERSION))