diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 46fd565b0..427e71730 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ if (NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhac
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.42.06")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
+set(DF_VERSION "0.43.01")
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
 SET(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 98cc1e018..fc53068ec 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 98cc1e01886aaea161d651cf97229ad08e9782b0
+Subproject commit fc53068ec4dc7b9d5544a50176f7755c48333c2d