diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46336b7..0110c30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 4.3.11
+  - Fixed crash that occurs when receiving string input that cannot be coerced to UTF-8 (such as BLOB data) [#291](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-jdbc/pull/291)
+
 ## 4.3.10
   - [#284](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-jdbc/pull/284) Swap out mysql for postgresql for testing
 
diff --git a/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
index 11582c5..51d8b3c 100755
--- a/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-input-jdbc'
-  s.version         = '4.3.10'
+  s.version         = '4.3.11'
   s.licenses = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary = "Creates events from JDBC data"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"