diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
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--- a/docs/release-notes.md
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+## 0.43.0 (April 3, 2026)
+
+You can quit Uvicorn now. We heard you, @pamelafox - all 47 of your Ctrl+C's (thanks for flagging it, and thanks to @tiangolo for the fix 🙏). [See the tweet](https://x.com/pamelafox/status/2039097686155227623).
+
+### Changed
+
+* Emit `http.disconnect` ASGI `receive()` event on server shutting down for streaming responses (#2829)
+* Use native `context` parameter for `create_task` on Python 3.11+ (#2859)
+* Drop cast in ASGI types (#2875)
+
 ## 0.42.0 (March 16, 2026)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/uvicorn/__init__.py b/uvicorn/__init__.py
index 45f33bef..c67d04aa 100644
--- a/uvicorn/__init__.py
+++ b/uvicorn/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from uvicorn.config import Config
 from uvicorn.main import Server, main, run
 
-__version__ = "0.42.0"
+__version__ = "0.43.0"
 __all__ = ["main", "run", "Config", "Server"]