diff --git a/Changes.rst b/Changes.rst
index d94173a..1d8326c 100644
--- a/Changes.rst
+++ b/Changes.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Changes for v3.4.0 (2024-04-17)
+===============================
+
+-  yq -y: Induce quoting of string scalars that start with 08 and 09
+
 Changes for v3.3.1 (2024-04-15)
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5b17121..f2a0821 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="yq",
-    version="3.3.1",
+    version="3.4.0",
     url="https://github.com/kislyuk/yq",
     license="Apache Software License",
     author="Andrey Kislyuk",