diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index fa5bfa565..339e486a4 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Release 2.4.3
+ * Support for KeepKey hardware wallet
+ * Simplified Chinese wordlist
+ * Minor bugfixes and GUI tweaks
+
 # Release 2.4.2
  * Command line can read arguments from stdin (pipe)
  * Speedup fee computation for large transactions
diff --git a/lib/version.py b/lib/version.py
index b06549adc..27df1aea2 100644
--- a/lib/version.py
+++ b/lib/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = "2.4.2"  # version of the client package
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = "2.4.3"  # version of the client package
 PROTOCOL_VERSION = '0.10'   # protocol version requested
 NEW_SEED_VERSION = 11       # electrum versions >= 2.0
 OLD_SEED_VERSION = 4        # electrum versions < 2.0