diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index e850f7a683118d9a8cb6446a0d86d96d54abd378..b0b0ba14d46b7997784ae07597f93843df484c56 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.42.1",
+  "version": "3.43.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 1152a7dd18cc35cae29c1b67942af17c862d29c6..ef8beb0f8cd41f18666d7a2fa0678ee45f6e59ca 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.42.1");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.43.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index affd3f6cb33ae6de920b4f9c38730cb5b890b12d..9a74bf0491de350b614e9d7fecf93c2cca4f5080 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.42.1",
+  "version": "3.43.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 3b51f23431555dcd5ae7ff6ff5c1c3414cf6a497..d71e0d7dad10e3d195344459a9d3030a804599ef 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.42.1")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.43.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();