diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index c2f3ed36..8d396110 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ index.md
 ^FUNDING\.yml$
 ^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
 ^echarts4r-banner\.png$
+^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5d38feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Version: 0.4.3
+Date: 2022-01-03 13:37:46 UTC
+SHA: 966eb43aebdd1717753d55c678c3e83885f84a46
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d6d462a2..025664cd 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: echarts4r
 Title: Create Interactive Graphs with 'Echarts JavaScript' Version 5
-Date: 2021-10-04
-Version: 0.4.2.9000
+Date: 2022-01-02
+Version: 0.4.3
 Authors@R: c(
   person("John", "Coene", email = "jcoenep@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph")), 
   person(given = "Wei", family = "Su", email = "swsoyee@gmail.com", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4252dddb..2bfa90d1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# echarts4r 0.4.2.9000
+# echarts4r 0.4.3
 
 - Bump echarts.js to version 5.2.2
 - Support click on plot background