diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 58d7dc86..1f9ca3c7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+43.beta
+=======
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !237, !238]
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner
+
+Translators:
+  Nart Tlisha [ab]
+
 43.alpha
 ========
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 44ed0bc9..3c93e8bb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '43.alpha',
+  version: '43.beta',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )