diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec5a4ed..8f6c59c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [3.1.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/json-minimizer-webpack-plugin/compare/v3.0.0...v3.1.0) (2021-10-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* better validation errors ([#25](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/json-minimizer-webpack-plugin/issues/25)) ([4401c63](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/json-minimizer-webpack-plugin/commit/4401c632b27dd894269ab96d65dab8b07597df42))
+
 ## [3.0.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/json-minimizer-webpack-plugin/compare/v2.1.0...v3.0.0) (2021-05-18)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 067026d..be8c110 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "json-minimizer-webpack-plugin",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "json-minimizer-webpack-plugin",
-      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "version": "3.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "schema-utils": "^3.1.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 85cab5e..4888e5f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "json-minimizer-webpack-plugin",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
   "description": "json minimizer plugin for Webpack",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/json-minimizer-webpack-plugin",