diff --git a/x11-packages/libqtxdg/build.sh b/x11-packages/libqtxdg/build.sh
index eb38d4fa44f..71868c1c405 100644
--- a/x11-packages/libqtxdg/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/libqtxdg/build.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://lxqt.github.io
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Qt implementation of freedesktop.org XDG specifications"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="4.3.0"
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=3
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="4.4.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL="https://github.com/lxqt/libqtxdg/releases/download/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/libqtxdg-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=846cb8a35ab55ea3d513a860b6bb5fdf45e2de95a037afb73538b316908efa55
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=34d25949ae7b6275fb54da46187dd8ba41771600353405b15e53bdc90b9e287a
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++, qt6-qtbase, qt6-qtsvg, glib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="lxqt-build-tools, qt6-qttools"
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
diff --git a/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-qtxdg-xdgdirs.cpp.patch b/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-qtxdg-xdgdirs.cpp.patch
index 8b834fd9729..9ac03e912b6 100644
--- a/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-qtxdg-xdgdirs.cpp.patch
+++ b/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-qtxdg-xdgdirs.cpp.patch
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 --- a/src/qtxdg/xdgdirs.cpp
 +++ b/src/qtxdg/xdgdirs.cpp
-@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
+@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
      const QString home = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("HOME"));
  
      if (home.isEmpty())
--        return QString::fromLatin1("/tmp");
-+        return QString::fromLatin1("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp");
+-        return "/tmp"_L1;
++        return "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp"_L1;
      else if (dir == XdgDirs::Desktop)
-         fallback = QString::fromLatin1("%1/%2").arg(home, QLatin1String("Desktop"));
+         fallback = "%1/%2"_L1.arg(home, "Desktop"_L1);
      else
-@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@
-     QStringList dirs = d.split(QLatin1Char(':'), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@
+     QStringList dirs = d.split(u':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
  
      if (dirs.isEmpty()) {
--        dirs.append(QString::fromLatin1("/usr/local/share"));
--        dirs.append(QString::fromLatin1("/usr/share"));
-+        dirs.append(QString::fromLatin1("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/local/share"));
-+        dirs.append(QString::fromLatin1("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share"));
+-        dirs.append("/usr/local/share"_L1);
+-        dirs.append("/usr/share"_L1);
++        dirs.append("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/local/share"_L1);
++        dirs.append("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share"_L1);
      } else {
          QMutableListIterator<QString> it(dirs);
          while (it.hasNext()) {
-@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
+@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
      QStringList dirs;
      const QString env = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"));
      if (env.isEmpty())
--        dirs.append(QString::fromLatin1("/etc/xdg"));
-+        dirs.append(QString::fromLatin1("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/xdg"));
+-        dirs.append("/etc/xdg"_L1);
++        dirs.append("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/xdg"_L1);
      else
-         dirs = env.split(QLatin1Char(':'), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+         dirs = env.split(u':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
  
diff --git a/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-xdgiconloader-xdgiconloader.cpp.patch b/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-xdgiconloader-xdgiconloader.cpp.patch
index 5e9f4f14669..d0165bd6d11 100644
--- a/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-xdgiconloader-xdgiconloader.cpp.patch
+++ b/x11-packages/libqtxdg/src-xdgiconloader-xdgiconloader.cpp.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 --- a/src/xdgiconloader/xdgiconloader.cpp
 +++ b/src/xdgiconloader/xdgiconloader.cpp
-@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
+@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
              auto unthemedInfo = unthemedFallback(name, QIcon::themeSearchPaths());
              if (unthemedInfo.entries.empty()) {
                  /* Freedesktop standard says to look in /usr/share/pixmaps last */
--                const QStringList pixmapPath = (QStringList() << QString::fromLatin1("/usr/share/pixmaps"));
-+                const QStringList pixmapPath = (QStringList() << QString::fromLatin1("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share/pixmaps"));
+-                const QStringList pixmapPath = (QStringList() << "/usr/share/pixmaps"_L1);
++                const QStringList pixmapPath = (QStringList() << "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share/pixmaps"_L1);
                  auto pixmapInfo = unthemedFallback(name, pixmapPath);
                  if (pixmapInfo.entries.empty()) {
                      return QThemeIconInfo();