diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bb0b6699..bb625c61 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Major changes in 43.alpha:
+* Introduce sidebar to the main window
+* Add ability to zoom the Week view
+* Improved style of events
+* Drop the Year view
+* Use new entry rows in event editor
+* Switch to soup3
+* Updated translations
+
 Major changes in 42.1:
 * Improvements to the date chooser widget
 * Fix spawning of Settings app
diff --git a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in
index 1efa44d6..510409e8 100644
--- a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
 
   <releases>
+    <release date="2022-07-09" version="43.alpha" />
     <release date="2022-03-18" version="42.0">
       <description>
         <p>