diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1810ae16b..daf5731ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.4.42 -->
-## [v4.4.42](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.42) (2019-05-20)
+<!-- latest_release 4.4.43 -->
+## [v4.4.43](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.43) (2019-05-20)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Stop using method(...).call(...) [#4115](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4115) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
+- Delete test/unit/helper.rb [#4108](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4108) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.3.2 -->
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - Add inspec-*-bin to the plugin filter list [#4018](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4018) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.3.5 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Delete test/unit/helper.rb [#4108](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4108) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.43 -->
 - Stop using method(...).call(...) [#4115](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4115) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.42 -->
 - Clean more requires [#4116](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4116) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.41 -->
 - Just use math. [#4113](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4113) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.40 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index df6de0e48..31a9e2d45 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.42
\ No newline at end of file
+4.4.43
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 0e6bff7c4..4fda8fe58 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__)
-  VERSION = '4.4.42'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.43'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index cedc39585..dba3c2316 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '4.4.42'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.43'.freeze
 end