diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-remote-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-remote-desktop/template
index 4a7278c35ab791..dd2d70b3f58b76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-remote-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-remote-desktop/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-remote-desktop'
 pkgname=gnome-remote-desktop
-version=43.2
+version=44.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Drdp=true -Dvnc=true -Dsystemd=false
- -Dsystemd_user_unit_dir=/var/lib/systemd/user"
+ -Dsystemd_user_unit_dir=/usr/lib/systemd/user"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext glib-devel asciidoc"
 makedepends="glib-devel pipewire-devel libsecret-devel libnotify-devel
  freerdp-devel freerdp-server-devel fuse3-devel libvncserver-devel
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Mutter/RemoteDesktop"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gnome-remote-desktop/${version%%.*}/gnome-remote-desktop-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=84a9fd65a9bad8cef73482fda2d20acd122f0b8521b1de86c9413889b9fa9771
+checksum=f7e5088c18fdb08690ae034bf76a1aead59a7dcd17b26e1f7c9975480510a0fd
 make_check=no # xvfb failed to start