diff --git a/components.yaml b/components.yaml
index 7640bedd7..8e289e118 100644
--- a/components.yaml
+++ b/components.yaml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ components:
     metadata: v0.0.14
   kubemacpool:
     url: https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/kubemacpool
-    commit: 0d3b36c0211de8d690905ca1f4cc99dc6f8c3271
+    commit: 98d8b8233b860598ee9dd5a7ba159971e5e99be2
     branch: main
     update-policy: tagged
-    metadata: v0.43.0
+    metadata: v0.44.0
   kubevirt-ipam-controller:
     url: https://github.com/kubevirt/ipam-extensions
     commit: c676cde8c33c434b24cabfff12a1d6af435d7970
diff --git a/pkg/components/components.go b/pkg/components/components.go
index 313078b84..0f8ec6dfb 100644
--- a/pkg/components/components.go
+++ b/pkg/components/components.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const (
 	MultusDynamicNetworksImageDefault  = "ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-dynamic-networks-controller@sha256:83b460502671fb4f34116363a1a39b2ddfc9d14a920ee0a6413bfc3bd0580404"
 	LinuxBridgeCniImageDefault         = "quay.io/kubevirt/cni-default-plugins@sha256:0c354fa9d695b8cab97b459e8afea2f7662407a987e83f6f6f1a8af4b45726be"
 	LinuxBridgeMarkerImageDefault      = "quay.io/kubevirt/bridge-marker@sha256:bba066e3b5ff3fb8c5e20861fe8abe51e3c9b50ad6ce3b2616af9cb5479a06d0"
-	KubeMacPoolImageDefault            = "quay.io/kubevirt/kubemacpool@sha256:20e156be33e6d3692c456081acbb91a4349f94de448f7d1f1cddd0228931b31f"
+	KubeMacPoolImageDefault            = "quay.io/kubevirt/kubemacpool@sha256:677971a25ff3ce95d9e6ecc86090a09f0ae691ce67b8349384f1881562feed7b"
 	OvsCniImageDefault                 = "ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni-plugin@sha256:a53d381d62796f44c8db4bb7ee0a1ada7c5355ef869a20382affcb5e21a5e3f2"
 	MacvtapCniImageDefault             = "quay.io/kubevirt/macvtap-cni@sha256:850b89343ace7c7ea6b18dd8e11964613974e9d1f7377af03854d407fb15230a"
 	KubeRbacProxyImageDefault          = "quay.io/openshift/origin-kube-rbac-proxy@sha256:e2def4213ec0657e72eb790ae8a115511d5b8f164a62d3568d2f1bff189917e8"
diff --git a/test/releases/99.0.0.go b/test/releases/99.0.0.go
index c46b94875..8994be1c9 100644
--- a/test/releases/99.0.0.go
+++ b/test/releases/99.0.0.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func init() {
 				ParentName: "kubemacpool-mac-controller-manager",
 				ParentKind: "Deployment",
 				Name:       "manager",
-				Image:      "quay.io/kubevirt/kubemacpool@sha256:20e156be33e6d3692c456081acbb91a4349f94de448f7d1f1cddd0228931b31f",
+				Image:      "quay.io/kubevirt/kubemacpool@sha256:677971a25ff3ce95d9e6ecc86090a09f0ae691ce67b8349384f1881562feed7b",
 			},
 			{
 				ParentName: "kubemacpool-mac-controller-manager",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func init() {
 				ParentName: "kubemacpool-cert-manager",
 				ParentKind: "Deployment",
 				Name:       "manager",
-				Image:      "quay.io/kubevirt/kubemacpool@sha256:20e156be33e6d3692c456081acbb91a4349f94de448f7d1f1cddd0228931b31f",
+				Image:      "quay.io/kubevirt/kubemacpool@sha256:677971a25ff3ce95d9e6ecc86090a09f0ae691ce67b8349384f1881562feed7b",
 			},
 			{
 				ParentName: "ovs-cni-amd64",