diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index beeb0bb88..dd0b5a945 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.43.0 [future]
+0.43.0 [2025-09-28]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - New support for creating and switching to :doc:`sessions` easily, allowing
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index bbd01d51f..fa06b8ca3 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 42, 2)
+version: Version = Version(0, 43, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat