diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d1a9157..1313781 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]
-dependencies = ["polars>=1.34,<2", "ruamel.yaml>=0.18.6,<0.20", "tzdata>=2024.1"]
+dependencies = ["polars>=1.44.2,<2", "ruamel.yaml>=0.18.6,<0.20", "tzdata>=2024.1"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 wrangle = "wrangle._cli:main"
diff --git a/requirements-minimum.txt b/requirements-minimum.txt
index ec0bb6a..a5c8206 100644
--- a/requirements-minimum.txt
+++ b/requirements-minimum.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ fastexcel==0.21.0 \
     --hash=sha256:ef2a6953e8350966d32632e3bc064edaab64ea2899f2027e564269fa7d75fb58 \
     --hash=sha256:f6cf28f5f3fed1f34aa15bf021d2c04bf947720df70f54b131258c913bc3b4cf \
     --hash=sha256:fe52f6053aac6ff3b8cc879052b671af9cb3ada16853b1c8b4bcac44574e4c10
-polars==1.34.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:40d2f357b4d9e447ad28bd2c9923e4318791a7c18eb68f31f1fbf11180f41391 \
-    --hash=sha256:5de5f871027db4b11bcf39215a2d6b13b4a80baf8a55c5862d4ebedfd5cd4013
+polars==1.44.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:1bb331f17a40d9d931101533dcd33637b66edc61eb377b07020dac16a0f0377b \
+    --hash=sha256:86c8e26b6c2de8c8d344bb910b74dfc47b118ac3fe0f19b44909467990a0b281
 polars-runtime-32==1.34.0 \
     --hash=sha256:2501d6b29d9001ea5ea2fd9b598787e10ddf45d8c4a87c2bead75159e8a15711 \
     --hash=sha256:2878f9951e91121afe60c25433ef270b9a221e6ebf3de5f6642346b38cab3f03 \
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e63a44d..76041fd
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-polars>=1.34,<2
+polars>=1.44.2,<2
 ruamel.yaml>=0.18.6,<0.20
 tzdata>=2024.1