diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9cc1c6ef..c2c5516e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+43.0
+====
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner
+
+Translators:
+  Pawan Chitrakar [ne], Zurab Kargareteli [ka], Aleksandr Melman [ru]
+
 43.rc
 =====
 * Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !240]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d6a4aa29..c8d46693 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '43.rc',
+  version: '43.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )