2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 838ebc6d..9803501a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+===============
+Version 43.beta
+===============
+- Build with gcr4 by default
+
 ================
 Version 43.alpha
 ================
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7f880d75..0335d25a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
   'gnome-settings-daemon', 'c',
-  version: '43.alpha',
+  version: '43.beta',
   license: [ 'GPL2+', 'LGPLv2+' ],
   meson_version: '>= 0.49.0'
 )