diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/build.sh b/.forgejo/bin/build.sh
index ab56866..c065c38 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/build.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/build.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ get_release() {
 get_qubes_release() {
 	case $BASEBRANCH in
 		r*) echo $BASEBRANCH;;
-		main) echo r4.4;;
+		main) echo r4.3;;
 	esac
 }
 
diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh b/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
index ff5f9a7..c62e678 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ for pkg in $owned_by_you; do
 			else
 				upstream_version=$(curl --fail -X GET -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "https://release-monitoring.org/api/project/Alpine/$pkg" | jq -r '.versions.[]' | head -n1)
 			fi
-
-			# check if a newer version available for ${release/r} qubes release
-			stable_version=$(curl --fail -X GET -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "https://release-monitoring.org/api/project/Alpine/$pkg" | jq -r ".versions.[]  | match(\"${release/r}.*\").string" | head -n1)
 		;;
 	esac
 
@@ -99,9 +96,6 @@ for pkg in $owned_by_you; do
 	elif [ "$downstream_version" != "$(printf '%s\n' $upstream_version $downstream_version | sort -V | head -n 1)" ]; then
 		echo "$pkg higher downstream $upstream_version"
 		continue
-	elif [ "$stable_version" != "$downstream_version" ] && [ -n "$stable_version" ]; then
-		echo "$pkg newer stable version $stable_version does not match downstream version $downstream_version in $release"
-		echo "$pkg $downstream_version $upstream_version $release" >> out_of_date
 	elif [ "$upstream_version" != "$downstream_version" ]; then
 		echo "$pkg upstream version $upstream_version does not match downstream version $downstream_version in $release"
 		echo "$pkg $downstream_version $upstream_version $release" >> out_of_date
diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/deploy.sh b/.forgejo/bin/deploy.sh
index 2acd4a1..a75d5e6 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/deploy.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/deploy.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ readonly TARGET_REPO=$CI_ALPINE_REPO
 get_qubes_release() {
  	case $GITHUB_BASE_REF in
 		r*) echo $GITHUB_BASE_REF;;
-		main) echo r4.4;;
+		main) echo r4.3;;
  	esac
 }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2fbc79..a519913 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ Linux template. The upstream repo uses GitLab's CI to build and deploy packages
 targetting multiple Alpine Linux versions. QubesOS releases are tracked using
 branches.
 
-Note for `main` branch: This is currently tracking r4.4 packages, thus are
-experimental. Use this branch at your own risk. For latest r4.3 or r4.2 packages,
-navigate to that branch.
-
 #### Template builder
 The template builder is housed in its [own repo](https://ayakael.net/forge/qubes-builder-alpine)
 RPMs are built in-pipeline using the build artifacts produced by this repo. These RPMs facilitate
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ curl -JO https://ayakael.net/api/packages/forge/alpine/key
 Add repository to `/etc/apk/repositories`:
 
 ```shell
-echo "https://ayakael.net/api/packages/forge/alpine/edge/qubes-r4.4" > /etc/apk/repositories
+echo "https://ayakael.net/api/packages/forge/alpine/edge/qubes-r4.3" > /etc/apk/repositories
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/git-remote-qubes/APKBUILD b/git-remote-qubes/APKBUILD
index 31c3896..3f3d4f1 100644
--- a/git-remote-qubes/APKBUILD
+++ b/git-remote-qubes/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Antoine Martin (ayakael) <dev@ayakael.net>
 pkgname=git-remote-qubes
 pkgver=0.1.1
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Inter-VM Git for Qubes OS"
 url="https://github.com/Rudd-O/git-remote-qubes"
 license="GPL-3.0-only"
diff --git a/qubes-app-linux-druide-antidote/APKBUILD b/qubes-app-linux-druide-antidote/APKBUILD
index 1340b77..8765a19 100644
--- a/qubes-app-linux-druide-antidote/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-app-linux-druide-antidote/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=qubes-app-linux-druide-antidote
 pkgver=0.0.1_git20240201
 _gittag=c724c88aa2a20b1e422b464499015ff05753316d
-pkgrel=6
+pkgrel=5
 arch="noarch"
 pkgdesc="Qubes Druide-Antidote is a Qubes Application. It send a file to the Antidote Qube, invoke Antidote, and retrieve the file"
 url=https://github.com/neowutran/qubes-app-linux-druide-antidote
diff --git a/qubes-db-vm/APKBUILD b/qubes-db-vm/APKBUILD
index 647c2cf..2f1dc0b 100644
--- a/qubes-db-vm/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-db-vm/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=qubes-db-vm
 subpackages="$pkgname-openrc"
 pkgver=4.3.2
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=1
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
 pkgdesc="QubesDB libs and daemon service."
 arch="x86_64"
diff --git a/qubes-gpg-split/APKBUILD b/qubes-gpg-split/APKBUILD
index 39f314c..e788a2a 100644
--- a/qubes-gpg-split/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-gpg-split/APKBUILD
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Maintainer: Antoine Martin (ayakael) <dev@ayakael.net>
 pkgname=qubes-gpg-split
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
-pkgver=2.0.83
+pkgver=2.0.81
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Used Qubes AppVM as a “smart card”"
 arch="x86_64"
 url="https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-split-gpg"
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ package() {
 	make install-vm DESTDIR="$pkgdir"
 }
 sha512sums="
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+78765694e05d2d46aeea859521dcb33b1899dfc0e49ff3d593377c47a3ff86487225f0983f7db5bdd2020463272bdfdcbe066a8dbf87c89c38da14a6fdb3e12f  qubes-gpg-split-v2.0.81.tar.gz
 "
diff --git a/qubes-input-proxy/APKBUILD b/qubes-input-proxy/APKBUILD
index b9ba2ab..8f97c2d 100644
--- a/qubes-input-proxy/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-input-proxy/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=qubes-input-proxy
 pkgver=1.0.46
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="The Qubes service for proxying input devices"
 arch="x86_64"
 url="https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-input-proxy"
diff --git a/qubes-meta-packages/APKBUILD b/qubes-meta-packages/APKBUILD
index e358257..1ad663b 100644
--- a/qubes-meta-packages/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-meta-packages/APKBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ subpackages="
 	"
 pkgver=4.3.7
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Meta packages for Qubes-specific components"
 arch="noarch"
 url="https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-meta-packages"
diff --git a/qubes-pass/APKBUILD b/qubes-pass/APKBUILD
index bf6720e..68df164 100644
--- a/qubes-pass/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-pass/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=qubes-pass
 pkgver=0.1.0
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
-pkgrel=8
+pkgrel=7
 pkgdesc="An inter-VM password manager for Qubes OS"
 arch="noarch"
 url="https://github.com/Rudd-O/qubes-pass"
diff --git a/qubes-usb-proxy/APKBUILD b/qubes-usb-proxy/APKBUILD
index e960e08..6d9ec0a 100644
--- a/qubes-usb-proxy/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-usb-proxy/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=qubes-usb-proxy
 pkgver=4.3.5
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="The Qubes service for proxying USB devices"
 arch="noarch"
 url="https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-usb-proxy"
diff --git a/qubes-vm-core/APKBUILD b/qubes-vm-core/APKBUILD
index 9a843ec..3d54459 100644
--- a/qubes-vm-core/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-vm-core/APKBUILD
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ subpackages="
 	$pkgname-doc
 	$pkgname-pyc
 	"
-pkgver=4.4.0
-pkgrel=0
+pkgver=4.3.40
+pkgrel=1
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
 pkgdesc="The Qubes core files for installation inside a Qubes VM."
 arch="x86_64"
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ root() {
 	make -C passwordless-root install DESTDIR="$subpkgdir" SBINDIR=/usr/sbin LIBDIR=/usr/lib SYSLIBDIR=/usr/lib
 }
 sha512sums="
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 95c080a593ca1cd457ffafc0cdd6ee28999c72f67191a3955b6081a4a7d287cae4cd0c626139562e5e1eb55516c25402a174e3599daf7d4cb259d6b4bbdff155  qubes-core-early.openrc
 61529413a16b7fa0df691c24adc41b90477c01ea70d572921ecec89df23932e5a2e60c4e73b9a84181dc30424e2e6af4ad1c7dcf6c42689c3cc346a9923d6e07  qubes-core-netvm.openrc
 da8e293520f5fce29ce76d7586e8ce1a4164798a1214079fb554c690264da1d774fdad3f45825aac52c2c3a0b0cfd39df73eb33394dedd7c043fe0f2344b90ca  qubes-core.openrc
diff --git a/qubes-vm-gui-dev/APKBUILD b/qubes-vm-gui-dev/APKBUILD
index 80e58da..dc3536f 100644
--- a/qubes-vm-gui-dev/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-vm-gui-dev/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=qubes-vm-gui-dev
 pkgver=4.3.1
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Common files for Qubes GUI - protocol headers."
 arch="noarch"
 url="https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-gui-common"
diff --git a/qubes-vm-gui/APKBUILD b/qubes-vm-gui/APKBUILD
index 5382fbc..acbcc8e 100644
--- a/qubes-vm-gui/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-vm-gui/APKBUILD
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ subpackages="
 	qubes-vm-pulseaudio
 	qubes-vm-pipewire
 	$pkgname-openrc"
-pkgver=4.4.0
-pkgrel=0
+pkgver=4.3.15
+pkgrel=1
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
 pkgdesc="The Qubes GUI Agent for AppVMs"
 arch="x86_64"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pipewire() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
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 1a97b45ecb53926dcf840ea6954529002a6dfe3474cbe0a224dbb397d7fa91d8f08a819a2054be60883e02749b9904c128d0a226f66827dd3b7a29068662549a  0001-musl-build.patch
 01beace4c130200dc8d42248349ea858d2bec746aca2bdfa5948b6e7240bb3b832bbb8b324293fba6fd6aafb0a3d7a2e3928c7fd39d318ef4d5a18cfeb48cde6  0001-initd-fix.patch
 68d01e594296e18d54d8eaa17863451c3ac121e4fcacf98b64db14166bdcf38aa66f1c3659c5014c0a9cc25b5368df66f8c642b8e7af59da8d2a5ad97da9a194  qubes-gui-agent.openrc
diff --git a/qubes-vm-qrexec/APKBUILD b/qubes-vm-qrexec/APKBUILD
index e920a23..a07e354 100644
--- a/qubes-vm-qrexec/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-vm-qrexec/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Antoine Martin (ayakael) <dev@ayakael.net>
 pkgname=qubes-vm-qrexec
 subpackages="$pkgname-openrc $pkgname-doc $pkgname-pyc"
-pkgver=4.4.1
+pkgver=4.3.12
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="The Qubes qrexec files (qube side)"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ package() {
 	install -Dm 755 "$srcdir"/qubes-qrexec-agent.openrc "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/qubes-qrexec-agent
 }
 sha512sums="
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 e2dd5cace82e881c40d5d37c69f7327fbabde81c9d23283de23de9f1197b7b018ef07a8d90e95c61bd249426d9d8297e7cb372333245941ffa0682c90ea3461f  qubes-qrexec-agent.openrc
 c3009ddb97656be7d0a78910217c852f0f9b20cd37b4537d99724e629bc87f1c675ada084eba3c641c4ae54dab8aacd87514d73de72f42d6ccc976e6255212bc  makefile-remove-cc-cflags.patch
 69b88c8d344f0d575eac398937040ba39a0d8fb8ea0a2b160c48d84775e1da4e226a76f3c5d3be7b045f577b634bb35cd5c5536248e18117c4121a38f9f3bf13  agent-qrexec-fork-server-undef-fortify-source.patch
diff --git a/qubes-vm-utils/APKBUILD b/qubes-vm-utils/APKBUILD
index bb7efbf..0d4b97f 100644
--- a/qubes-vm-utils/APKBUILD
+++ b/qubes-vm-utils/APKBUILD
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ subpackages="
 	$pkgname-openrc
 	$pkgname-pyc
 	"
-pkgver=4.3.16
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=4.3.17
+pkgrel=0
 _gittag="v$pkgver"
 pkgdesc="Common Linux files for Qubes VM."
 arch="x86_64"
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ support() {
 	install -m 755 "$builddir"/dracut/full-dmroot/qubes_cow_setup.sh "$subpkgdir"/usr/lib/qubes/qubes_cow_setup.sh
 }
 sha512sums="
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+cfbaa805d83c178809cbf6565fda8c666dd2b9d6ac4d7e62987758a26b83fbe4f42ccb3abb462724fb51ff94e22566178d53ba85d467a2e34128102783b11d4e  qubes-vm-utils-v4.3.17.tar.gz
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 "