diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8ba844e9b..3944aa44f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dnl ===========================
 dnl  initialize & set some vars
 dnl ===========================
 
-AC_INIT(strongSwan,4.3.6)
+AC_INIT(strongSwan,4.4.0)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tar-ustar)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4/config])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
diff --git a/testing/testing.conf b/testing/testing.conf
index e86f60ae2..d360c1e78 100755
--- a/testing/testing.conf
+++ b/testing/testing.conf
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ UMLTESTDIR=~/strongswan-testing
 
 # Bzipped kernel sources
 # (file extension .tar.bz2 required)
-KERNEL=$UMLTESTDIR/linux-2.6.31.5.tar.bz2
+KERNEL=$UMLTESTDIR/linux-2.6.32.8.tar.bz2
 
 # Extract kernel version
 KERNELVERSION=`basename $KERNEL .tar.bz2 | sed -e 's/linux-//'`
 
 # Kernel configuration file
-KERNELCONFIG=$UMLTESTDIR/.config-2.6.31
+KERNELCONFIG=$UMLTESTDIR/.config-2.6.32
 
 # Bzipped uml patch for kernel
 #UMLPATCH=$UMLTESTDIR/aead_init.patch.bz2
 
 # Bzipped source of strongSwan
-STRONGSWAN=$UMLTESTDIR/strongswan-4.3.6.tar.bz2
+STRONGSWAN=$UMLTESTDIR/strongswan-4.4.0.tar.bz2
 
 # strongSwan compile options (use "yes" or "no")
 USE_LIBCURL="yes"