diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5457d17a..58d7dc86 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+43.alpha
+========
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner
+
+Translators:
+  Marco Ciampa [it]
+
 42.3
 ====
 * screenshot-window-sizer: Fix reported sizes on wayland [Florian; !232]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 25af71e0..44ed0bc9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '42.3',
+  version: '43.alpha',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )