diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index f948e54245..78c8b6fd77 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  2
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR 43
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  2
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  3
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR, \
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
index 2b3476810f..4a6693e22f 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const AVOption drawtext_options[]= {
 {"boxcolor", "set box color",        OFFSET(boxcolor_string),    FF_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str=NULL},  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX },
 {"shadowcolor", "set shadow color",  OFFSET(shadowcolor_string), FF_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str=NULL},  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX },
 {"box",      "set box",              OFFSET(draw_box),           FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.dbl=0},     0,        1        },
-{"fontsize", "set font size",        OFFSET(fontsize),           FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.dbl=16},    1,        72       },
+{"fontsize", "set font size",        OFFSET(fontsize),           FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.dbl=16},    1,        INT_MAX  },
 {"x",        "set x",                OFFSET(x),                  FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.dbl=0},     0,        INT_MAX  },
 {"y",        "set y",                OFFSET(y),                  FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.dbl=0},     0,        INT_MAX  },
 {"shadowx",  "set x",                OFFSET(shadowx),            FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.dbl=0},     INT_MIN,  INT_MAX  },