diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f7feaf10b6750b50d33551114b2663a680f9f9c..09637cead777794a5b52be8f51f2bf1dc09f66fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(cJSON C)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 3)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62b50142aa3fb31b7e69667d2e4cad6113c5733c..e0805d21083902fdfe5366744121008db1461bbc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ UTILS_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c cJSON_Utils.c test_utils.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.4.2
+LIBVERSION = 1.4.3
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index ead1b9f262202b433501cd9f9ca6e8bc27114bf8..c090df336ce88506a7ce39fb2fb50c0ed83dd291 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 4) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 2)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 4) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 3)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 13c38f9763402f3928d75effa9aebfcab1b83028..2fa1a5b9712ccbd506dd88d932bde48984437cd5 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 2
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 3
 
 #include <stddef.h>