diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1f625433..e3b4a8d49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 2.34.0
+
+### Added
+- possibility to change or remove existing keys from a token (HIP-540)
+
 ## 2.33.1
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/docs/java-app/java-app-quickstart.md b/docs/java-app/java-app-quickstart.md
index add6e041c..f8932dab6 100644
--- a/docs/java-app/java-app-quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/java-app/java-app-quickstart.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To get started with a Java project, you'll need to add the following **three** d
 
 _Gradle:_
 ```groovy
-implementation 'com.hedera.hashgraph:sdk:2.33.1'
+implementation 'com.hedera.hashgraph:sdk:2.34.0'
 ```
 
 _Maven:_
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ _Maven:_
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.hedera.hashgraph</groupId>
   <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1</version>
+  <version>2.34.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/example-android/app/build.gradle b/example-android/app/build.gradle
index 91e0d88db..2a7b5d0a3 100644
--- a/example-android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/example-android/app/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1'
 
-    implementation 'com.hedera.hashgraph:sdk:2.33.1'
+    implementation 'com.hedera.hashgraph:sdk:2.34.0'
 
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7'
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.49.2'
diff --git a/version.gradle b/version.gradle
index 749a3ab24..19724dbbc 100644
--- a/version.gradle
+++ b/version.gradle
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 // and `sdk/build.gradle` so I extracted them into another file and made both aforementioned
 // files import this one.
 group = "com.hedera.hashgraph"
-version = "2.33.1"
+version = "2.34.0"