diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca8bd14..e850c76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+##  (2024-12-15)
+
+* Cmd/melegati ml (#79) ([6d67cbf](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/commit/6d67cbf)), closes [#79](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/79)
+* Handling real multi line entries. (#78) ([f3c43ec](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/commit/f3c43ec)), closes [#78](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/78)
+* Update build workflow to upload JaCoCo code coverage report to https://codacy.com (#54) ([655d880](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/commit/655d880)), closes [#54](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/54)
+* update README and CONTRIBUTING (#76) ([bd434e1](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/commit/bd434e1)), closes [#76](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/76)
+
+
+
 ##  (2024-09-01)
 
 * Delete .github/workflows/codeql.yml (#71) ([c52803f](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/commit/c52803f)), closes [#71](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/71) [#70](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/70) [#69](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-java/issues/69)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 795025a..c6796e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,26 +34,26 @@ _Still using Java 8? Use version 2.3.2_
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.github.cdimascio</groupId>
     <artifactId>dotenv-java</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0</version>
+    <version>3.1.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 ### Gradle <4.10
 
 ```groovy
-compile 'io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.0.0'
+compile 'io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.1.0'
 ```
 
 ### Gradle >=4.10
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.0.0'
+implementation 'io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.1.0'
 ```
 
 ### Gradle Kotlin DSL
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.0.0")
+implementation("io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.1.0")
 ```
 
 Looking for the Kotlin variant? **get [dotenv-kotlin](https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-kotlin)**.
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Create a `.env` file in the root of your project
 # formatted as key=value
 MY_ENV_VAR1=some_value
 MY_EVV_VAR2=some_value #some value comment
+MULTI_LINE="some
+multi line
+value"
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b12f04..74ed6ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.github.cdimascio</groupId>
   <artifactId>dotenv-java</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.2</version>
+  <version>3.1.0</version>
 
   <licenses>
     <license>