diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 531d4911a3bbb3766a490a2e337c349c1a5e15b7..6b6189d30d142946de16f497c5c854b2fdb35254 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 1.0.32
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 1.0.44
 GaudiVersion = v27r1.019