diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b9fe02..fb8e3be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "merde"
-version = "6.0.3"
+version = "6.0.4"
 dependencies = [
  "merde_core",
  "merde_json",
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "merde_json"
-version = "6.0.2"
+version = "6.0.3"
 dependencies = [
  "lexical-parse-float",
  "merde_core",
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "merde_time"
-version = "4.0.13"
+version = "4.0.14"
 dependencies = [
  "merde_core",
  "merde_json",
diff --git a/merde/CHANGELOG.md b/merde/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e01135..4430161 100644
--- a/merde/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/merde/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.0.4](https://github.com/bearcove/merde/compare/merde-v6.0.3...merde-v6.0.4) - 2024-10-04
+
+### Other
+
+- Fix empty objects / empty arrays
+
 ## [6.0.3](https://github.com/bearcove/merde/compare/merde-v6.0.2...merde-v6.0.3) - 2024-10-04
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/merde/Cargo.toml b/merde/Cargo.toml
index 0565aeb..ee5b891 100644
--- a/merde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merde/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "merde"
-version = "6.0.3"
+version = "6.0.4"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Amos Wenger <amos@bearcove.net>"]
 description = "Serialize and deserialize with declarative macros"
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ required-features = ["yaml"]
 
 [dependencies]
 merde_core = { version = "6.0.2", path = "../merde_core", optional = true }
-merde_json = { version = "6.0.2", path = "../merde_json", optional = true }
+merde_json = { version = "6.0.3", path = "../merde_json", optional = true }
 merde_yaml = { version = "7.0.2", path = "../merde_yaml", optional = true }
-merde_time = { version = "4.0.13", path = "../merde_time", optional = true, features = [
+merde_time = { version = "4.0.14", path = "../merde_time", optional = true, features = [
     "merde",
     "deserialize",
 ] }
diff --git a/merde_json/CHANGELOG.md b/merde_json/CHANGELOG.md
index 531d958..bb0a70d 100644
--- a/merde_json/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/merde_json/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.0.3](https://github.com/bearcove/merde/compare/merde_json-v6.0.2...merde_json-v6.0.3) - 2024-10-04
+
+### Other
+
+- Fix empty objects / empty arrays
+
 ## [6.0.2](https://github.com/bearcove/merde/compare/merde_json-v6.0.1...merde_json-v6.0.2) - 2024-10-04
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/merde_json/Cargo.toml b/merde_json/Cargo.toml
index 58e473b..975bda3 100644
--- a/merde_json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merde_json/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "merde_json"
-version = "6.0.2"
+version = "6.0.3"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Amos Wenger <amos@bearcove.net>"]
 description = "JSON serialization and deserialization for merde, via jiter"
diff --git a/merde_time/CHANGELOG.md b/merde_time/CHANGELOG.md
index b8138b9..a6c55a1 100644
--- a/merde_time/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/merde_time/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [4.0.14](https://github.com/bearcove/merde/compare/merde_time-v4.0.13...merde_time-v4.0.14) - 2024-10-04
+
+### Other
+
+- updated the following local packages: merde_json
+
 ## [4.0.13](https://github.com/bearcove/merde/compare/merde_time-v4.0.12...merde_time-v4.0.13) - 2024-10-04
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/merde_time/Cargo.toml b/merde_time/Cargo.toml
index e5c777c..010e4df 100644
--- a/merde_time/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merde_time/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 edition = "2021"
 name = "merde_time"
-version = "4.0.13"
+version = "4.0.14"
 authors = ["Amos Wenger <amos@bearcove.net>"]
 description = "Wrapper date-time types for merde"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ categories = ["encoding", "parser-implementations"]
 
 [dependencies]
 merde_core = { version = "6.0.2", path = "../merde_core", optional = true }
-merde_json = { version = "6.0.2", path = "../merde_json", optional = true }
+merde_json = { version = "6.0.3", path = "../merde_json", optional = true }
 time = "0.3.36"
 
 [dev-dependencies]