diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cc4618e340..97109e31b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+udev 143
+========
+Bugfixes.
+
 udev 142
 ========
 Bugfixes.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 119bbb7859..a6b53dbe54 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([udev],
-	[142],
+	[143],
 	[linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org])
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([check-news foreign 1.9 dist-bzip2])