diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 43a3bacea..e175b38a8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.4.3
+Saturday, February 25, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Route Adlam script to Arabic shaper.
+- Misc fixes.
+- New API:
+  hb_font_set_face()
+- Deprecate API:
+  hb_graphite2_font_get_gr_font()
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.4.2
 Monday, January 23, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 31fa97d3b..a3eb0f021 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.4.2],
+        [1.4.3],
         [https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])