diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 115eb60882420a8494298e267a2152f069cf8d01..18587270e6d924da582972918072e34f252bf09e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
dnl License along with this library. If not, see
dnl .
-AC_INIT([libvirt], [4.2.0], [libvir-list@redhat.com], [], [https://libvirt.org])
+AC_INIT([libvirt], [4.3.0], [libvir-list@redhat.com], [], [https://libvirt.org])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/libvirt.c])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 85a9686a425c1e717aec0deed660833e65e9881c..21ddcad61ea6f6894122f8d8f46cefc4cd87cacd 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
-->
+
+
+
+
+