diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 1a49c1044..82ea0bd15 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "3.43.2"
+version = __version__ = "3.43.3.dev0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e7698c6cd..4de4b9b4c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.43.2
+current_version = 3.43.3.dev0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eca6a351e..be091d3a8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.43.2",
+	version="3.43.3.dev0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",