diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
index 65da7326..20edbddd 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ type: application
 version: 0.2.0
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application.
-appVersion: v1.42.0
+appVersion: v1.43.0
 maintainers:
   - name: "foundationdb-ci"
diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
index 10a79c46..bfeb027d 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 image:
   repository: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator
-  tag: v1.42.0
+  tag: v1.43.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 initContainers:
   6.2:
diff --git a/config/deployment/manager.yaml b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
index 8dcb432d..34aa16c7 100644
--- a/config/deployment/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - command:
             - /manager
-          image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.42.0
+          image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.43.0
           name: manager
           env:
             - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/config/samples/deployment.yaml b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
index 82ecc791..3859eb58 100644
--- a/config/samples/deployment.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.42.0
+        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.43.0
         name: manager
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/docs/changelog/v1.43.0.md b/docs/changelog/v1.43.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18158daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/v1.43.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# v1.43.0
+
+## Changes
+
+### Operator
+
+* Move well-known env vars and config map keys into constants [#2101](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2101)
+* Improve team tracker checks when DD was restarted [#2100](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2100)
+* Try to get the running version based on the reachable coordinators during an upgrade [#2098](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2098)
+* Check if the namespace is created by the same test suite [#2097](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2097)
+* Make sure to only check the isolate process group annotation if a pod was returned [#2095](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2095)
+* Update go version to 1.22.5 [#2094](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2094)
+* Adding permissions for "nodes" resources to the helm chart (#2091) [#2093](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2093)
+* Fix race condition in e2e test suite when checking if a pod is deleted [#2092](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2092)
+* Run the change coordinator command before excluding the coordinator [#2083](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/2083)