diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f796e12e..1483be86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.4.3] - 2024-12-23
+- Fix PHP backtraces by qualifying/replacing `call_user_func_array` calls [#1074](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1074)
+
+
 ## [5.4.2] - 2024-11-20
 
 
diff --git a/changelog/1074.md b/changelog/1074.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 845c4b5b..00000000
--- a/changelog/1074.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- Fix PHP backtraces by qualifying/replacing `call_user_func_array` calls [#1074](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1074)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Smarty.php b/src/Smarty.php
index b8d1bc7d..15baba8f 100644
--- a/src/Smarty.php
+++ b/src/Smarty.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.2';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.3';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes