diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fcb4bb692..6e428af8f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ set(PACKAGE "libwebsockets")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "MIT")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "${PACKAGE}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "4")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "2")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH_NUMBER "99")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "3")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH_NUMBER "0")
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH_NUMBER}-${LWS_BUILD_HASH}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_RELEASE 1)
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSIO
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "andy@warmcat.com")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "andy@warmcat.com")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "${PACKAGE} ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
-set(SOVERSION "18")
+set(SOVERSION "19")
 if(NOT CPACK_GENERATOR)
     if(UNIX)
         set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd6a2bd1e..552603f38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ sdevent, glib and uloop, as well as custom event libs.
 News
 ----
 
+## v4.3 is released
+
+See the [changelog](https://libwebsockets.org/git/libwebsockets/tree/changelog)
+
+
 ## Lws work retrospective
 
 The initial commit for lws will have been 11 years ago come Oct 28 2021, it's been a lot of work.
@@ -41,10 +46,6 @@ Today at least tens of millions of devices and product features rely on lws to
 handle their communications including several from FAANG; Google now include lws
 as part of Android sources.
 
-## v4.2 is released
-
-See the [changelog](https://libwebsockets.org/git/libwebsockets/tree/changelog)
-
 ## Support
 
 This is the libwebsockets C library for lightweight websocket clients and
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 9a5ecd76c..e1f483063 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+v4.3.0
+======
+
  - Add full CBOR stream parsing and writing support, with huge
    amount of test vectors and resumable printf type write apis
    See ./READMEs/README.cbor-lecp.md