diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e6e2898..d8ee924 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "24")
-set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "2")
+set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "3")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
 # command line switches
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8eef665..03a9e68 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+Release 0.24.3
+        core:
+         * PSOutputDev: Fix PFB font embedding. Bug #69717
+         * CairoOutputDev: Do not set an invalid matrix in drawImage(). Bug #70085 
+
+        qt4:
+         * Don't crash if getXRef()->copy() fails
+
+        qt5:
+         * Don't crash if getXRef()->copy() fails
+
+        utils:
+         * pdfseparate: Allow only one %d in the filename. Bug #69434
+        
 Release 0.24.2
         core:
          * Windows: Fix CreateFile fails with ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION. Bug #69597
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee6b37b..88112cb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[24])
-m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[2])
+m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[3])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index 5903dab..2c67532 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.3
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index c833e01..7cb051a 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.3
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 5e4d8da..8678bc2 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.3
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.