diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 4b6072e8a..801902d32 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.4.2'
+release = '0.4.3'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index 7d11638e9..b898d287e 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ To download and install manually, download the latest package from http://pypi.p
 
 Then::
 
-    $ tar xzf elephant-0.4.2.tar.gz
-    $ cd elephant-0.4.2
+    $ tar xzf elephant-0.4.3.tar.gz
+    $ cd elephant-0.4.3
     $ python setup.py install
     
 or::
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index 1502f24a3..20438cec8 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 Release Notes
 *************
 
+Elephant 0.4.3 release notes
+===========================
+March 2nd 2018
+
+Other changes
+=============
+* Bug fixes in `spade` module:
+  * Fixed an incompatibility with the latest version of an external library
+
 Elephant 0.4.2 release notes
 ===========================
 March 1st 2018
@@ -20,8 +29,8 @@ New functions
 Other changes
 =============
 * Adapted the `setup.py` to automatically install the spade modules including the compiled `C` files `fim.so`
-* Included testing enviroment for MPI in `travis.yml`
-* Changed function argumens  in `current_source_density.py` to `neo.AnalogSignal` instead list of `neo.AnalogSignal` objects
+* Included testing environment for MPI in `travis.yml`
+* Changed function arguments  in `current_source_density.py` to `neo.AnalogSignal` instead list of `neo.AnalogSignal` objects
 * Fixes to travis and setup configuration files
 * Fixed bug in ISI function `isi()`, `statistics.py` module
 * Fixed bug in `dither_spikes()`, `spike_train_surrogates.py`
diff --git a/elephant/__init__.py b/elephant/__init__.py
index 4b44c5833..766b34979 100644
--- a/elephant/__init__.py
+++ b/elephant/__init__.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "0.4.2"
+__version__ = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 14c05e4c5..6102e2777 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="elephant",
-    version='0.4.2',
+    version='0.4.3',
     packages=['elephant', 'elephant.test'],
     package_data={'elephant': [
         os.path.join('current_source_density_src', 'test_data.mat'),