diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b494c9590..d08b59a36 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+43.8
+====
+* Fix accessibility of quick settings sliders [Lukáš; !2762]
+* Allow notification dismissal with backspace [Chris; !2435]
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian, Takao, Carlos, Brendan, Daniel, Jonas;
+  !2814, !2842, !2849, !2668, !2666, !2876, !2729, !2828, !2904]
+
+Contributors:
+  Takao Fujiwara, Carlos Garnacho, Chris Heywood, Florian Müllner,
+  Lukáš Tyrychtr, Daniel van Vugt, Brendan William, Jonas Ådahl
+
+Translators:
+  Danial Behzadi [fa]
+
 43.7
 ====
 * Fix cursor offset when using magnifier [Андрей; !2780]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d03bed28e..002bc3274 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '43.7',
+  version: '43.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
index 2c6e7d710..3626a2c17 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="43.8" date="2023-08-22"/>
     <release version="43.7" date="2023-07-04"/>
     <release version="43.6" date="2023-06-03"/>
     <release version="43.5" date="2023-04-24"/>
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
index 694fd09c9..0d7562d5d 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-app',
-  version: '43.7',
+  version: '43.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
index 4e2644555..687ff002b 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-tool', 'c',
-  version: '43.7',
+  version: '43.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/shew/meson.build b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
index 78572840e..eb8260e11 100644
--- a/subprojects/shew/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('shew', 'c',
-  version: '43.7',
+  version: '43.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
 )