diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d80ec4d..7c7f7e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [0.2.4](https://github.com/cdloh/cloudflare-esi/compare/v0.2.3...v0.2.4) (2024-06-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* handle empty strings correctly (dont force them to be ints) ([eb61116](https://github.com/cdloh/cloudflare-esi/commit/eb61116a9a0f24c8fe778c9c83df70136d0ffce1))
+
 ## [0.2.3](https://github.com/cdloh/cloudflare-esi/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3) (2024-06-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f5feaa4..8087b09 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudflare-esi",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cloudflare-esi",
-      "version": "0.2.3",
+      "version": "0.2.4",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "worktop": "0.7.3"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3d5d6d..289d60f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudflare-esi",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "repository": "cdloh/cloudflare-esi",
   "description": "ESI Parser built to run in Cloudflare workers",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",