diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f8b9e83baf8cb24bf471999aeb4e99a11d4a920..69b957e9d8d9d889c8ba94d8cb65b7c944baee7d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.2)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.3)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bea4150e2492babd9bfa1ced88bcb8b26519e793..04119dd941987f9433948b7aa68f002f94808050 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 4)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 2)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 3)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])