diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index c25dd8c073..b884e6f1cb 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.0.43
+2.0.43 09-14-2015
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 * Propagate timeout event correctly to db instances.
 * Application Monitoring API (APM) implemented.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8837c3dd32..d6e139d71e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "2.0.42",
+  "version": "2.0.43",
   "description": "MongoDB legacy driver emulation layer on top of mongodb-core",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {