diff --git a/contrib/deterministic-build/electrum-locale b/contrib/deterministic-build/electrum-locale
index a58d59916..2bf943a8c 160000
--- a/contrib/deterministic-build/electrum-locale
+++ b/contrib/deterministic-build/electrum-locale
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a58d5991682df342e34bf6fd464db8476a2cb928
+Subproject commit 2bf943a8c9e9e54704c191991bbc18547cc582d0
diff --git a/electrum/version.py b/electrum/version.py
index d005ae05d..3ea8b3b98 100644
--- a/electrum/version.py
+++ b/electrum/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = '4.3.0a0'     # version of the client package
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = '4.3.0'       # version of the client package
 APK_VERSION = '4.3.0.0'          # read by buildozer.spec
 
 PROTOCOL_VERSION = '1.4'     # protocol version requested