diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 49a8eb445..c3abe6261 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.2.6.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.3.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 7f1f96942..4b65220aa 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.3.0 (released 2020-02-03)
+---------------------------
+
 - [EBLC/CBLC] Fixed incorrect padding length calculation for Format 3 IndexSubTable
   (#1817, #1818).
 - [varLib] Fixed error when merging OTL tables and TTFonts were loaded as ``lazy=True``
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cd5e9566d..ae51e1511 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.2.6.dev0
+current_version = 4.3.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ filterwarnings =
 	ignore:writePlist:DeprecationWarning:plistlib_test
 	ignore:some_function:DeprecationWarning:fontTools.ufoLib.utils
 	ignore::DeprecationWarning:fontTools.varLib.designspace
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc561b9eb..4bf3cdd2d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.2.6.dev0",
+	version="4.3.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",