diff --git a/docs/config.toml b/docs/config.toml
index 681b79665..1c9307a35 100644
--- a/docs/config.toml
+++ b/docs/config.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ twitter = "GoHugoIO"
 [params]
   description = "The world’s fastest framework for building websites"
   ## Used for views in rendered HTML (i.e., rather than using the .Hugo variable)
-  release = "0.42.1"
+  release = "0.43-DEV"
   ## Setting this to true will add a "noindex" to *EVERY* page on the site
   removefromexternalsearch = false
   ## Gh repo for site footer (include trailing slash)
diff --git a/helpers/hugo.go b/helpers/hugo.go
index ec0a68310..1acd41fdb 100644
--- a/helpers/hugo.go
+++ b/helpers/hugo.go
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ func (v HugoVersion) NextPatchLevel(level int) HugoVersion {
 // CurrentHugoVersion represents the current build version.
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentHugoVersion = HugoVersion{
-	Number:     0.42,
-	PatchLevel: 1,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.43,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
 
 func hugoVersion(version float32, patchVersion int, suffix string) string {
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index aeed2f916..787fbd4e8 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.42.1"
+version: "0.43-DEV"
 summary: Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
 description: |
   Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in Go. It is
   optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory
   with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
 confinement: strict
-grade: stable # "devel" or "stable"
+grade: devel # "devel" or "stable"
 
 apps:
   hugo:
diff --git a/temp/0.42.1-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.42.1-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 92a701e15..000000000
--- a/temp/0.42.1-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with two fixes:
-
-* Reset the global pages cache on server rebuilds [128f14ef](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/128f14efad90886ffef37c01ac1e20436a732f97) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#4845](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4845)
-* Do not fail server build when /static is missing [34ee27a7](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/34ee27a78b9e2b5f475d44253ae234067b76cc6e) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#4846](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4846)
-