diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bd6e28a0c7a..c97f5837263 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.4.2
+?? ??? ????, PHP 8.4.3
+
+
+05 Dec 2024, PHP 8.4.2
 
 - BcMath:
   . Fixed bug GH-16978 (Avoid unnecessary padding with leading zeros)
diff --git a/Zend/zend.h b/Zend/zend.h
index 62c0137092e..6cd065e0489 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.h
+++ b/Zend/zend.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef ZEND_H
 #define ZEND_H
 
-#define ZEND_VERSION "4.4.2-dev"
+#define ZEND_VERSION "4.4.3-dev"
 
 #define ZEND_ENGINE_3
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 142f8824ba7..6efa19164ec 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.4.2-dev],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.4.3-dev],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 5b63c499c4e..b4f174a4709 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.ac to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 4
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 2
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 3
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.4.2-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 80402
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.4.3-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 80403