diff --git a/unirec/ChangeLog b/unirec/ChangeLog
index 2456b1fe..d41208f8 100644
--- a/unirec/ChangeLog
+++ b/unirec/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2025-11-04 unirec-3.5.0
+	* unirec++: Bugfix: skip type check for std::byte fields in UnirecRecord 
 2025-09-01 unirec-3.4.0
 	* unirec++ - Add missing operators to UnirecArray::Iterator for random access support
 
diff --git a/unirec/NEWS b/unirec/NEWS
index 0db4e0f4..9fd56ebd 100644
--- a/unirec/NEWS
+++ b/unirec/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2025-11-04 (Pavel Siska): unirec++: skip type check for std::byte fields in UnirecRecord
+
 2025-09-01 (Pavel Siska): unirec++ - Add missing operators to UnirecArray::Iterator for random access support
 
 2024-09-30 (Pavel Siska): unirec++ - fix checkDataTypeCompatibility for non-array values
diff --git a/unirec/configure.ac b/unirec/configure.ac
index ad12d60d..573511e3 100644
--- a/unirec/configure.ac
+++ b/unirec/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([unirec], [3.4.0], [nemea@cesnet.cz])
+AC_INIT([unirec], [3.5.0], [nemea@cesnet.cz])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([unirec.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects silent-rules])