diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.4.md b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
index 954542d363ef6b6f3d088a68c6e0182708327eec..a90c96cb59ae59dcfcea7bb24baf05602ed3aca8 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.4.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ For developers:
   - Fixed installation with `--disable-shared`.
   - Cppcheck upgraded to 1.84.
 
-## Version 2.4.3 (coming soon)
+## Version 2.4.3 (Oct 5, 2018)
 
 For users:
   - Module VES: Fixed a bug in TD_GRID for 2D grids where the grid spacing is not the same for both dimensions.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b35e880e708150787308007cae72a15677b00f2e..8239574498acf5389999716f1539cd94567733f1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.4.2
+2.4.3