diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1fe969..557ba29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,16 +4,28 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [1.43.0] - 2020-02-24
+## [1.44.0] - Unreleased
+### Added
+### Changed
+### Fixed
+
+## [1.43.0] - 2020-07-14
 ### Added
 - Support for reinstalling the operating system to a device, including changing the operating system.
+- `Manager.create_vlan` now includes a description argument
+### Changed
+- `ResponseError` will now be raised when an API call results in an error
+### Fixed
+- `Manager.validate_capacity` now considers availability
+- `Manager.create_project_ssh_key` will retry when it encounters 404 responses following a successful creation.
+- API responses with `{"error":""}` keys were not handled well, and will now be handled just like `{"errors":[""]}` keys.
 
 ## [1.42.0] - 2020-02-14
 ### Added
-- Capturing of available_in to Plan
-- Capturing of hardware_reservation, spot_price_max, termination_time, and provisioning_percentage to Device
+- Capturing of `available_in` to Plan
+- Capturing of `hardware_reservation`, `spot_price_max`, `termination_time`, and `provisioning_percentage` to `Device`
 - Support for creating project ssh keys
-- Support for passing custom_data when creating a device
+- Support for passing `custom_data` when creating a device
 ### Fixed
 - Black not building for CI and thus failing
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e2b7d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Release Instructions
+
+These build and release instructions are intended for the maintainers and future maintainers of this project.
+
+## Preparing a new version
+
+* a version update in `packet/__init__.py`
+* Update CHANGELOG.md with the new release notes
+* Add a stub for the next set of Unreleased changes
+* Create a PR with these changes
+* Merge
+
+## Tagging and Building
+
+Pull down the merged changes:
+
+```bash
+git fetch origin
+git checkout origin/master
+```
+
+Tag the commit:
+
+```bash
+git tag -a vAA.BB.CC origin/master -m vAA.BB.CC
+```
+
+Build the package using `setuptools`:
+
+```bash
+python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+```
+
+## Publishing
+
+Make sure you have `~/.pypirc` correctly populated, as of today should look something like:
+
+```
+[distutils]
+index-servers =
+    pypi
+    testpypi
+
+[pypi]
+username: username-here
+password: password-here
+
+[testpypi]
+repository: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+username: username-here (not necessarily same as real pypi)
+password: password-here (not necessarily same as real pypi)
+```
+
+Then upload using twine to testpypi first:
+
+```bash
+twine upload -r testpypi dist/*
+```
+
+If everything looks good, push the tag to GH, and then push to the real
+pypi:
+
+```bash
+git push origin --tags vAA.BB.CC
+twine upload dist/*
+```
+
+Congratulations, you published `packet-python`, :raised_hands:!
+
diff --git a/packet/__init__.py b/packet/__init__.py
index 1fba8c6..44891a9 100644
--- a/packet/__init__.py
+++ b/packet/__init__.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 """library to interact with the Packet API"""
 
-__version__ = "1.42.0"
+__version__ = "1.43.0"
 __author__ = "Packet Engineers"
 __author_email__ = "help@packet.net"
 __license__ = "LGPL v3"
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2019, Packet"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2020, Packet"
 
 from .Device import Device  # noqa
 from .Email import Email  # noqa
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 69cde9c..a7fff3d
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,54 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
-
-# Notes for the not-an-everyday-python-dev for package distribution on pypi
-#
-# Build the package using `setuptools`:
-#
-#     python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-#
-# Make sure you have ~/.pypirc correctly populated, as of today should look something like:
-#
-#     [distutils]
-#     index-servers =
-#         pypi
-#         testpypi
-#
-#     [pypi]
-#     username: username-here
-#     password: password-here
-#
-#     [testpypi]
-#     repository: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-#     username: username-here (not necessarily same as real pypi)
-#     password: password-here (not necessarily same as real pypi)
-#
-# Then upload using twine to testpypi first:
-#
-#     twine upload -r testpypi dist/*
-#
-# If all looks good go ahead and tag the repo, push to GH, and then push to real
-# pypi:
-#
-#     twine upload dist/*
-#
-# Congratulations to me, I've just condensed so many webpages into 30 lines,
-# :raised_hands:!
+import codecs
+import os.path
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 except ImportError:
     from ez_setup import use_setuptools
-
     use_setuptools()
     from setuptools import setup
 
+
 with open("README.md") as readme, open("CHANGELOG.md") as changelog:
     long_description = readme.read() + "\n" + changelog.read()
 
+def read(rel_path):
+    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, rel_path), 'r') as fp:
+        return fp.read()
+
+def get_version(rel_path):
+    for line in read(rel_path).splitlines():
+        if line.startswith('__version__'):
+            delim = '"' if '"' in line else "'"
+            return line.split(delim)[1]
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
 setup(
     name="packet-python",
-    version="1.42.0",
+    version=get_version("packet/__init__.py"),
     description="Packet API client",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",