diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index f66977e2e4..0b8b1f0187 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1.42
\ No newline at end of file
+5.1.43
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Models/Account.php b/app/Models/Account.php
index ed0a7484f2..79ec7439a6 100644
--- a/app/Models/Account.php
+++ b/app/Models/Account.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use App\Models\Presenters\AccountPresenter;
 use App\Utils\Ninja;
 use App\Utils\Traits\MakesHash;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use DateTime;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Laracasts\Presenter\PresentableTrait;
@@ -257,8 +258,8 @@ class Account extends BaseModel
                 $plan_active = true;
                 $plan_expires = false;
             } else {
-                $plan_expires = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $this->plan_expires);
-                if ($plan_expires >= date_create()) {
+                $plan_expires = Carbon::parse($this->plan_expires);
+                if ($plan_expires->greaterThan(now())) {
                     $plan_active = true;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 648db426d6..9b29fe5258 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
         "checkout/checkout-sdk-php": "^1.0",
         "cleverit/ubl_invoice": "^1.3",
         "coconutcraig/laravel-postmark": "^2.10",
+        "codedge/laravel-selfupdater": "^3.2",
         "composer/composer": "^2",
-        "turbo124/laravel-gmail": "^5",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2.10",
-        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.2",
         "fakerphp/faker": "^1.14",
+        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.2",
         "google/apiclient": "^2.7",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
         "hashids/hashids": "^4.0",
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         "stripe/stripe-php": "^7.50",
         "symfony/http-client": "^5.2",
         "turbo124/beacon": "^1.0",
+        "turbo124/laravel-gmail": "^5",
         "webpatser/laravel-countries": "dev-master#75992ad",
         "wildbit/swiftmailer-postmark": "^3.3"
     },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index dbf0e631a4..e426f659b2 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "714b182e273c45676a21d1e4c6a08055",
+    "content-hash": "56b8467dfddd19762a9124d0624a5003",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "authorizenet/authorizenet",
@@ -563,6 +563,88 @@
             ],
             "time": "2021-02-24T13:45:30+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "codedge/laravel-selfupdater",
+            "version": "3.2.3",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/codedge/laravel-selfupdater.git",
+                "reference": "60bca20f30d36259ef5eff65bc84d0dcb61267f7"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/codedge/laravel-selfupdater/zipball/60bca20f30d36259ef5eff65bc84d0dcb61267f7",
+                "reference": "60bca20f30d36259ef5eff65bc84d0dcb61267f7",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "ext-json": "*",
+                "ext-zip": "*",
+                "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "6.* || 7.*",
+                "laravel/framework": "^8.36.2",
+                "php": "^7.3 || ^7.4 || ^8.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "dg/bypass-finals": "^1.3",
+                "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
+                "mockery/mockery": "^1.4",
+                "orchestra/testbench": "^6.17.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.4"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "laravel": {
+                    "aliases": {
+                        "Updater": "Codedge\\Updater\\UpdaterFacade"
+                    },
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Codedge\\Updater\\UpdaterServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Codedge\\Updater\\": "src/"
+                },
+                "files": [
+                    "src/helpers.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Holger Lösken",
+                    "email": "holger.loesken@codedge.de",
+                    "homepage": "http://codedge.de",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Providing an auto-updating functionality for your self-hosted Laravel application.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "auto update",
+                "auto-update",
+                "laravel",
+                "laravel application",
+                "self update",
+                "self-hosted laravel application",
+                "self-update",
+                "update"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/codedge/laravel-selfupdater/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/codedge/laravel-selfupdater"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/codedge",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2021-04-09T08:47:03+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "composer/ca-bundle",
             "version": "1.2.9",
diff --git a/config/ninja.php b/config/ninja.php
index b105d684f2..81376365d8 100644
--- a/config/ninja.php
+++ b/config/ninja.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ return [
     'require_https' => env('REQUIRE_HTTPS', true),
     'app_url' => rtrim(env('APP_URL', ''), '/'),
     'app_domain' => env('APP_DOMAIN', ''),
-    'app_version' => '5.1.42',
-    'app_tag' => '5.1.42-release',
+    'app_version' => '5.1.43',
+    'app_tag' => '5.1.43-release',
     'minimum_client_version' => '5.0.16',
     'terms_version' => '1.0.1',
     'api_secret' => env('API_SECRET', false),