diff --git a/programming/language/vala/actions.py b/programming/language/vala/actions.py
index eb00b72078..3e10275dd4 100644
--- a/programming/language/vala/actions.py
+++ b/programming/language/vala/actions.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import pisitools
 from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def setup():
-    shelltools.system("sed -i '115d; 121,137d; 139,140d'  configure.ac")
-    shelltools.system("sed -i '/valadoc/d' Makefile.am")
+    #shelltools.system("sed -i '115d; 121,137d; 139,140d'  configure.ac")
+    #shelltools.system("sed -i '/valadoc/d' Makefile.am")
     autotools.autoreconf("-vfi")
-    autotools.configure("--enable-vapigen \
+    autotools.configure("--disable-valadoc \
                          --with-pic")
 
 def build():
diff --git a/programming/language/vala/pspec.xml b/programming/language/vala/pspec.xml
index e5bb136ab3..9190a7da66 100644
--- a/programming/language/vala/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/vala/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <License>BSD</License>
         <Summary>A modern programming language for GNOME</Summary>
         <Description>Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="2199cf64eab96cb5fc6bd5c5658dfd0b720e4c30" type="tarxz">mirrors://gnome/vala/0.40/vala-0.40.18.tar.xz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="ca417c1247209f49c1968ce58639ed2afe33c905" type="tarxz">mirrors://gnome/vala/0.44/vala-0.44.11.tar.xz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gobject-introspection-devel</Dependency>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc</Path>
             <Path fileType="man">/usr/share/man</Path>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/vala-*/vapi</Path>
-            <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/vala/vapi/libvala-0.40.vapi</Path>
+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/vala/vapi/libvala-0.44.vapi</Path>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/vim/vimfiles</Path>
         </Files>
         <AdditionalFiles>
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="8">
+            <Date>2020-01-31</Date>
+            <Version>0.44.11</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="7">
             <Date>2020-01-05</Date>
             <Version>0.40.18</Version>