diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d8d46e..14b4247 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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-[![Latest Release Tag](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/gulrak/filesystem.svg)](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/tree/v1.3.2)
+[![Latest Release Tag](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/gulrak/filesystem.svg)](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/tree/v1.3.4)
 
 # Filesystem
 
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ in the standard, and there might be issues in these implementations too.
 
 ### Downloads
 
-The latest release version is [v1.3.2](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/tree/v1.3.2) and
-source archives can be found [here](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/releases/tag/v1.3.2).
+The latest release version is [v1.3.4](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/tree/v1.3.4) and
+source archives can be found [here](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/releases/tag/v1.3.4).
 
 ### Using it as Single-File-Header
 
@@ -487,13 +487,15 @@ to the expected behavior.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### v1.3.3 (wip)
+### [v1.3.4](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/releases/tag/v1.3.4)
 
 * Pull request [#69](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/pull/69), use `wchar_t` versions of
   `std::fstream` from `ghc::filesystem::fstream` wrappers on Windows if using GCC with libc++.
 * Bugfix for [#68](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/issues/68), better handling of
   permission issues for directory iterators when using `fs::directory_options::skip_permission_denied`
   and initial support for compilation with emscripten.
+* Refactoring for [#66](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/issues/63), unneeded shared_ptr guards
+  where removed and the file handles closed where needed to avoid unnecessary allocations.
 * Bugfix for [#63](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/issues/63), fixed issues on Windows
   with clang++ and C++17.
 * Pull request [#62](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/pull/62), various fixes for
diff --git a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
index 4cfa90c..7fe16d8 100644
--- a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 //- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
 // ghc::filesystem version in decimal (major * 10000 + minor * 100 + patch)
-#define GHC_FILESYSTEM_VERSION 10303L
+#define GHC_FILESYSTEM_VERSION 10304L
 
 #if !defined(GHC_WITH_EXCEPTIONS) && (defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(_CPPUNWIND))
 #define GHC_WITH_EXCEPTIONS