diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 29f6cffe7..2710f1c3f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+43.0
+====
+* Fix rebooting into boot loader menu [Florian; !2472]
+* Improve entry legibility in GNOME Classic [Jakub; !2477]
+* Fixed crash [Jonas; !2478]
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [sabriunal, Florian; !2467, !2484, !2485]
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner, Jakub Steiner, sabriunal, Jonas Ådahl
+
+Translators:
+  Jürgen Benvenuti [de], Quentin PAGÈS [oc], Aurimas Černius [lt],
+  Anders Jonsson [sv], Pawan Chitrakar [ne], Jordi Mas [ca],
+  Daniel Mustieles [es], Alexander Shopov [bg], Asier Sarasua Garmendia [eu],
+  Aleksandr Melman [ru], Alexandre Franke [fr], Goran Vidović [hr],
+  Emin Tufan Çetin [tr], Balázs Úr [hu], Marek Černocký [cs],
+  Yuri Chornoivan [uk], Jiri Grönroos [fi], Yosef Or Boczko [he],
+  Piotr Drąg [pl], Luming Zh [zh_CN], Fran Dieguez [gl],
+  Enrico Nicoletto [pt_BR], Alan Mortensen [da], Matej Urbančič [sl]
+
 43.rc
 =====
 * Tweak quick settings appearance [Sam; !2427, !2441, !2463]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 645c4f7af..f071c2c2a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '43.rc',
+  version: '43.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gio_req = '>= 2.56.0'
 gi_req = '>= 1.49.1'
 gjs_req = '>= 1.73.1'
 gtk_req = '>= 3.15.0'
-mutter_req = '>= 43.rc'
+mutter_req = '>= 43.0'
 polkit_req = '>= 0.100'
 schemas_req = '>= 42.beta'
 startup_req = '>= 0.11'
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
index 0bcc1a178..5d2af3bac 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@
   </description>
 
   <releases>
-    <release version="43.rc" type="development" date="2022-09-04"/>
-    <release version="43.beta" type="development" date="2022-08-10">
+    <release version="43.0" date="2022-09-17">
       <p>Modernize About window</p>
     </release>
-    <release version="43.alpha" type="development" date="2022-07-10"/>
   </releases>
 
   <screenshots>
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
index 50d70685f..0e7e36a4e 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-app',
-  version: '43.rc',
+  version: '43.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
index 93de74d5a..f915443c9 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-tool', 'c',
-  version: '43.rc',
+  version: '43.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/shew/meson.build b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
index 8fae36d44..84ed7feed 100644
--- a/subprojects/shew/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('shew', 'c',
-  version: '43.rc',
+  version: '43.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
 )