diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07ff6f411a29351100ed641f8e6a860a8fe382fc..7a84ee026b75094ac9dab906a012994c4b8ffdbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # ChangeLog
 
+## [0.9.43] - 2024-02-03
+
+### New Features
+
+- Add multi-modal ollama (#10434)
+
+### Bug Fixes / Nits
+
+- update base class for astradb (#10435)
+
 ## [0.9.42.post1] - 2024-02-02
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/llama_index/VERSION b/llama_index/VERSION
index 318a7c491de7571bb88a791209c961caa0359c9e..054459d10a8d7789aefffe0f1ceaddf7b855e11b 100644
--- a/llama_index/VERSION
+++ b/llama_index/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.42.post2
+0.9.43
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae59a736c73bc86e52c06e83a70aaaca8f993aae..7c65aee34b6194b42624170f5eba97e0b698cd2e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ name = "llama-index"
 packages = [{include = "llama_index"}]
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index"
-version = "0.9.42.post2"
+version = "0.9.43"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 SQLAlchemy = {extras = ["asyncio"], version = ">=1.4.49"}