diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9182f24d..bb6438bc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.43 (???):
+
 xbps-0.42 (2014-12-22):
 
  * xbps-reconfigure(8): new option -i, --ignore to ignore packages
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 33f423b9..688daedb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.42
+VERSION=0.43
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=