diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 099e1f07fb8..5dede2ed5a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v0.4.3
+* Avoid panic() on truncated or unexpected log data (#834, #833)
+* Fix missing stats field (#807)
+* Lengthen default peer removal delay to 30mins (#835)
+* Reduce logging on heartbeat timeouts (#836)
+
 v0.4.2
 * Improvements to the clustering documents
 * Set content-type properly on errors (#469)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 779cdc9f38b..314eaa314ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # etcd
 
-README version 0.4.2
+README version 0.4.3
 
 A highly-available key value store for shared configuration and service discovery.
 etcd is inspired by [Apache ZooKeeper][zookeeper] and [doozer][doozer], with a focus on being:
diff --git a/server/release_version.go b/server/release_version.go
index 31b60d188c6..09765fdd65d 100644
--- a/server/release_version.go
+++ b/server/release_version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package server
 
-const ReleaseVersion = "0.4.2+git"
+const ReleaseVersion = "0.4.3"