diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 450dbed..8ea1cbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# **B**io**F**ormats **I**nput/**O**utput utility (bfio 2.4.2)
+# **B**io**F**ormats **I**nput/**O**utput utility (bfio 2.4.3)
 
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/bfio/badge/?version=latest)](https://bfio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/bfio)](https://pypi.org/project/bfio/)
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ be installed using pip:
 
 ## Docker
 
-### polusai/bfio:2.4.2
+### polusai/bfio:2.4.3
 
 Ubuntu based container with bfio and all dependencies (including Java).
 
-### polusai/bfio:2.4.2-imagej
+### polusai/bfio:2.4.3-imagej
 
 Same as above, except comes with ImageJ and PyImageJ.
 
-### polusai/bfio:2.4.2-tensorflow
+### polusai/bfio:2.4.3-tensorflow
 
 Tensorflow container with bfio installed.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7941de6..3b87935 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespaces = false
 
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "2.4.2"
+current_version = "2.4.3"
 commit = true
 tag = true
 commit_args = "--no-verify"
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-base.txt b/requirements/requirements-base.txt
index f483be1..7631f0e 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-base.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-base.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bfio==2.4.2
+bfio==2.4.3
diff --git a/src/bfio/VERSION b/src/bfio/VERSION
index 8e8299d..35cee72 100644
--- a/src/bfio/VERSION
+++ b/src/bfio/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.2
+2.4.3