diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e77dc65a5..fa4136189 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Major changes in 43.beta.1
+==========================
+* Restore view options tooltip (António Fernandes)
+* Mark new files for translation (Piotr Drąg)
+* Look for extensions in their new installation directory (Jeremy Bicha)
+
 Major changes in 43.beta
 =========================
 * Adapting main window elements to smaller sizes (Christopher Davis);
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
index 9f8a2db5f..0b1a08624 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <url type="translate">https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject</url>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">@appid@.desktop</launchable>
   <releases>
-    <release version="43.beta" date="2022-08-07" />
+    <release version="43.beta.1" date="2022-08-08" />
   </releases>
   <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
   <project_license>GPL-3.0-or-later</project_license>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a1e5b7144..2293c09fc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project('nautilus', 'c',
 
   # Do not forget when releasing:
   #  * Update version in data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
-  version: '43.rc',
+  version: '43.beta.1',
 
   meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later'