diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95c2ccf..4a5a143 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Still, local install `npm install ui5-codecompletion` will of course provide you
       -f, --from       URL or file system path to zip-file w/ UI5 runtime sources,
                        defaults to
                        "https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/downloads/openui5-runtime-
-                       1.44.21.zip"
+                       1.44.23.zip"
       -t, --to         file system path, relative to $project_dir, to store UI5
                        sources in; defaults to "$project/.ui5"
       -s, --sourceDir  file system path, relative to $project_dir, to configure code
diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index bec21d5..8d7faa8 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const constants = {
     tmpDownloadFile: path.join(os.tmpdir(),'ui5.zip'),
     unzipPath: '.ui5', // install command: target for unzipping
     sourceDir: '.ui5', // for configure command: where are the extracted ui5 sources stored
-    defaultUI5version: 'https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/downloads/openui5-runtime-1.44.21.zip', // this is the LTE version, folks
+    defaultUI5version: 'https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/downloads/openui5-runtime-1.44.23.zip', // this is the LTE version, folks
 };
 
 module.exports = constants;