diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 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/raw-loader/compare/v3.0.0...v3.1.0) (2019-07-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* improved validation error messages ([#85](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/raw-loader/issues/85)) ([6cf76b8](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/raw-loader/commit/6cf76b8))
+
+
 
 ## [3.0.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/raw-loader/compare/v2.0.0...v3.0.0) (2019-06-05)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 89b4bd4..8a17e4f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "raw-loader",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d0aa0a..0bc9545 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "raw-loader",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
   "description": "A loader for webpack that allows importing files as a String",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/raw-loader",