diff --git a/biosimulators.json b/biosimulators.json
index dd27010..5c93582 100644
--- a/biosimulators.json
+++ b/biosimulators.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "copasi",
   "name": "COPASI",
-  "version": "4.40.278",
+  "version": "4.44.295",
   "description": "COPASI is a C++-based software application for the simulation and analysis of biochemical networks and their dynamics.",
   "urls": [
     {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "image": {
-    "url": "ghcr.io/biosimulators/biosimulators_copasi/copasi:4.40.278",
+    "url": "ghcr.io/biosimulators/biosimulators_copasi/copasi:4.44.295",
     "digest": "sha256:d32d7a427b8aeec14acab3ade77f01223082c65d1978d3a150ba863eca8d5b64",
     "format": {
       "namespace": "EDAM",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 94bfbab..cfffa20 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 biosimulators_utils[logging,sbml]~=0.2.0
+python-copasi==4.44.295
 copasi_basico==0.74
 docker
 evalidate~=2.0.1