diff --git a/lib/consts/consts.go b/lib/consts/consts.go
index 441690fc2ccc..691d21a0a842 100644
--- a/lib/consts/consts.go
+++ b/lib/consts/consts.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version contains the current semantic version of k6.
-const Version = "0.43.0"
+const Version = "0.43.1"
 
 // VersionDetails can be set externally as part of the build process
 var VersionDetails = "" //nolint:gochecknoglobals
diff --git a/release notes/v0.43.1.md b/release notes/v0.43.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..061d21082816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release notes/v0.43.1.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+k6 v0.43.1 is a patch release containing a few bugfixes:
+- [#2926](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/2926) fixed a panic in `setup()` code when `vu.iterationInScenario` from `k6/execution` was used.
+- [#2934](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/2934) fixed a wrongly printed internal output ID to the `stdout` UI.
+- [#2938](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/2938) fixed a synchronization bug that caused k6 to get stuck after the end-of-test summary when sending the usage report took more than 3s. Thanks for [reporting this](https://github.com/grafana/k6/issues/2937), @ichasepucks!
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