diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index fc60c06e66..92a7bfdb79 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.143.1 (2026-10-14)
+
 ### Fixes
 
 * 🐛 Fix included route metadata in `iter_route_contexts()`. PR [#16484](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/16484) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 4c041a4038..c28b73641a 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.143.0"
+__version__ = "0.143.1"
 
 from starlette import status as status