diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4cff5b9..b81fe00 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.2"
+  ".": "0.4.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e1889d..9953910 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.3](https://github.com/kircherlab/MPRAsnakeflow/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3) (2025-01-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* swap activity threshold and all output file paths in qc_report rule ([#172](https://github.com/kircherlab/MPRAsnakeflow/issues/172)) ([ff1b11c](https://github.com/kircherlab/MPRAsnakeflow/commit/ff1b11cc3baf84a0a0c45201d93b36d8f630d42b))
+
 ## [0.4.2](https://github.com/kircherlab/MPRAsnakeflow/compare/v0.4.1...v0.4.2) (2025-01-07)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 2b7c5ae..17b2ccd 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.2
+0.4.3