diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 9654cc67f9..505598fba1 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ prefixtools () {
 findarmgcc() {
   if [ "$ARG_ARM_EABI" = "1" ]; then
     prefixtools arm-elf-eabi-
-    gccchoice="4.4.3"
+    gccchoice="4.4.4"
   else
     prefixtools arm-elf-
     gccchoice="4.0.3"
diff --git a/tools/rockboxdev.sh b/tools/rockboxdev.sh
index a139ed3431..47649ffc2b 100755
--- a/tools/rockboxdev.sh
+++ b/tools/rockboxdev.sh
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ case $arch in
   [Ee])
     target="arm-elf-eabi"
     gccpatch="rockbox-multilibs-noexceptions-arm-elf-eabi-gcc-4.4.2_1.diff"
-    gccver="4.4.3"
-    # needed to build a bare-metal gcc-4.4.2
+    gccver="4.4.4"
+    # needed to build a bare-metal gcc-4.4.x
     gcctarget="all-gcc all-target-libgcc"
     gccinstalltarget="install-gcc install-target-libgcc"
     binutils="2.20.1"