diff --git a/perlmod/Cargo.toml b/perlmod/Cargo.toml
index 8548fcc..dae3dd7 100644
--- a/perlmod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/perlmod/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "perlmod"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 authors = ["Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/perlmod/debian/changelog b/perlmod/debian/changelog
index 67d848f..240db18 100644
--- a/perlmod/debian/changelog
+++ b/perlmod/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+rust-perlmod (0.4.3-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix an issue with serializing empty arrays
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:35:59 +0100
+
 rust-perlmod (0.4.2-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * allow scalars with magic in deserialization
diff --git a/perlmod/debian/control b/perlmod/debian/control
index 957f24b..8ecf909 100644
--- a/perlmod/debian/control
+++ b/perlmod/debian/control
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Recommends:
 Provides:
  librust-perlmod-0-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-perlmod-0.4-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.4.2-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-perlmod-0.4.3-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: Ffi & serde code for limited interaction with perl code - Rust source code
  This package contains the source for the Rust perlmod crate, packaged by
  debcargo for use with cargo and dh-cargo.
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ Provides:
  librust-perlmod-0.4+exporter-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-perlmod-0.4+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-perlmod-0.4+perlmod-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.4.2+exporter-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.4.2+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-perlmod-0.4.2+perlmod-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-perlmod-0.4.3+exporter-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-perlmod-0.4.3+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-perlmod-0.4.3+perlmod-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: Ffi & serde code for limited interaction with perl code - feature "exporter" and 2 more
  This metapackage enables feature "exporter" for the Rust perlmod crate, by
  pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.