diff --git a/ct/immich.sh b/ct/immich.sh
index d71bd2a94..bd8c453e6 100644
--- a/ct/immich.sh
+++ b/ct/immich.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function update_script() {
     done
     msg_ok "Image-processing libraries up to date"
   fi
-  RELEASE="1.143.1"
+  RELEASE="1.144.1"
   if check_for_gh_release "immich" "immich-app/immich" "${RELEASE}"; then
     msg_info "Stopping Services"
     systemctl stop immich-web
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ EOF
 
     cd "$SRC_DIR"/machine-learning
     mkdir -p "$ML_DIR" && chown -R immich:immich "$ML_DIR"
+    chown immich:immich ./uv.lock
     export VIRTUAL_ENV="${ML_DIR}"/ml-venv
     if [[ -f ~/.openvino ]]; then
       msg_info "Updating HW-accelerated machine-learning"
diff --git a/install/immich-install.sh b/install/immich-install.sh
index 2b158756d..7f2aa9cde 100644
--- a/install/immich-install.sh
+++ b/install/immich-install.sh
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ GEO_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR}/geodata"
 mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
 mkdir -p {"${APP_DIR}","${UPLOAD_DIR}","${GEO_DIR}","${INSTALL_DIR}"/cache}
 
-fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "immich" "immich-app/immich" "tarball" "v1.143.1" "$SRC_DIR"
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "immich" "immich-app/immich" "tarball" "v1.144.1" "$SRC_DIR"
 
 msg_info "Installing ${APPLICATION} (patience)"