diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2490a2833f..ed668f198a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -579,16 +579,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - box: fedora/43-cloud-base
+          - box: fedora/44-cloud-base
             cgroup_driver: cgroupfs
             runc: runc
-          - box: fedora/43-cloud-base
+          - box: fedora/44-cloud-base
             cgroup_driver: systemd
             runc: runc
-          - box: fedora/43-cloud-base
+          - box: fedora/44-cloud-base
             cgroup_driver: cgroupfs
             runc: crun
-          - box: fedora/43-cloud-base
+          - box: fedora/44-cloud-base
             cgroup_driver: systemd
             runc: crun
             # We have to keep EL8 to test old glibc, cgroup, kernel, etc.
@@ -647,15 +647,15 @@ jobs:
           sudo env VAGRANT_DISABLE_STRICT_DEPENDENCY_ENFORCEMENT=1 vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt
       - name: Boot VM
         run: |
-          if  [ "$BOX" = "fedora/43-cloud-base" ]; then
+          if  [ "$BOX" = "fedora/44-cloud-base" ]; then
             # fedora/41-cloud-base seems the last version available in https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/vagrant/discover/fedora
             # Download the box file with curl (with retry) to handle flaky Fedora mirrors
             curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors \
               --connect-timeout 30 --max-time 600 \
-              -o /tmp/fedora43.box \
-              https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/43/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-Vagrant-libvirt-43-1.6.x86_64.vagrant.libvirt.box
-            sudo vagrant box add fedora/43-cloud-base /tmp/fedora43.box
-            rm -f /tmp/fedora43.box
+              -o /tmp/fedora.box \
+              https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/44/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-Vagrant-libvirt-44-1.7.x86_64.vagrant.libvirt.box
+            sudo vagrant box add fedora/44-cloud-base /tmp/fedora.box
+            rm -f /tmp/fedora.box
           fi
           sudo BOX=$BOX RUNC_FLAVOR=$RUNC_FLAVOR vagrant up --no-tty
       - name: test-integration
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 01a6539dce..4226d4459c 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # Vagrantfile for Fedora and EL
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
-  config.vm.box = ENV["BOX"] ? ENV["BOX"].split("@")[0] : "fedora/43-cloud-base"
+  config.vm.box = ENV["BOX"] ? ENV["BOX"].split("@")[0] : "fedora/44-cloud-base"
   # BOX_VERSION is deprecated. Use "BOX=<BOX>@<BOX_VERSION>".
   config.vm.box_version = ENV["BOX_VERSION"] || (ENV["BOX"].split("@")[1] if ENV["BOX"])