diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f29e704e..31518ca9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ workspace.upload_dataset(
 # upload model weights
 version.deploy(model_type="yolov8", model_path=f”{HOME}/runs/detect/train/”)
 
+# upload model weights - yolov10
+# Before attempting to upload YOLOv10 models install ultralytics like this:
+# pip install git+https://github.com/THU-MIG/yolov10.git
+version.deploy(model_type="yolov10", model_path=f”{HOME}/runs/detect/train/”, filename="weights.pt")
+
 # run inference
 model = version.model
 
diff --git a/roboflow/__init__.py b/roboflow/__init__.py
index 036a7814..6aa41104 100644
--- a/roboflow/__init__.py
+++ b/roboflow/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from roboflow.models import CLIPModel, GazeModel  # noqa: F401
 from roboflow.util.general import write_line
 
-__version__ = "1.1.42"
+__version__ = "1.1.43"
 
 
 def check_key(api_key, model, notebook, num_retries=0):
diff --git a/roboflow/core/version.py b/roboflow/core/version.py
index 0723d2be..42c24dce 100644
--- a/roboflow/core/version.py
+++ b/roboflow/core/version.py
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def deploy(self, model_type: str, model_path: str, filename: str = "weights/best
 
         if "yolov8" in model_type or "yolov10" in model_type:
             # try except for backwards compatibility with older versions of ultralytics
-            if "-cls" in model_type:
+            if "-cls" in model_type or model_type.startswith("yolov10"):
                 nc = model["model"].yaml["nc"]
                 args = model["train_args"]
             else: