diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58fb61c9..193c0bed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.4.34
+ - reclose file when opening fails
+
 ## 0.4.33
  - fix `Upgrade` for parametric types
  - new type reconstruction when matching DataType cannot be found (eval-free)
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 305f31e3..373414f1 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "JLD2"
 uuid = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
-version = "0.4.33"
+version = "0.4.34"
 
 [deps]
 FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"