diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac397dcd0..6ad66e1a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.9.0] - october 15th, 2021
+
+### Added
+
+- ByteArray added to the set of default types
+
+
 ## [1.8.1] - October 4th, 2021
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9f2e64eee..b5650987d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Kompendium
-project.version=1.8.1
+project.version=1.9.0
 # Kotlin
 kotlin.code.style=official
 # Gradle
diff --git a/kompendium-core/src/main/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/Kontent.kt b/kompendium-core/src/main/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/Kontent.kt
index 76059f24d..df8a309d4 100644
--- a/kompendium-core/src/main/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/Kontent.kt
+++ b/kompendium-core/src/main/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/Kontent.kt
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ object Kontent {
       UUID::class -> cache.plus(clazz.simpleName!! to FormatSchema("uuid", "string"))
       BigDecimal::class -> cache.plus(clazz.simpleName!! to FormatSchema("double", "number"))
       BigInteger::class -> cache.plus(clazz.simpleName!! to FormatSchema("int64", "integer"))
+      ByteArray::class -> cache.plus(clazz.simpleName!! to FormatSchema("byte", "string"))
       else -> when {
         clazz.isSubclassOf(Collection::class) -> handleCollectionType(type, clazz, cache)
         clazz.isSubclassOf(Enum::class) -> handleEnumType(clazz, cache)
diff --git a/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/KontentTest.kt b/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/KontentTest.kt
index 2084110eb..13da2c6f2 100644
--- a/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/KontentTest.kt
+++ b/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/KontentTest.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ internal class KontentTest {
     assertEquals(FormatSchema("int64", "integer"), result["BigInteger"])
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `Object with ByteArray type`() {
+    // do
+    val result = generateKontent<TestByteArrayModel>()
+
+    // expect
+    assertEquals(2, result.count())
+    assertTrue { result.containsKey(TestByteArrayModel::class.simpleName) }
+    assertEquals(FormatSchema("byte", "string"), result["ByteArray"])
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `Objects reference their base types in the cache`() {
     // do
diff --git a/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/util/TestModels.kt b/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/util/TestModels.kt
index 3eab02493..f0002f690 100644
--- a/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/util/TestModels.kt
+++ b/kompendium-core/src/test/kotlin/io/bkbn/kompendium/util/TestModels.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ data class TestSimpleModel(val a: String, val b: Int)
 
 data class TestBigNumberModel(val a: BigDecimal, val b: BigInteger)
 
+data class TestByteArrayModel(val a: ByteArray)
+
 data class TestNestedModel(val inner: TestSimpleModel)
 
 data class TestSimpleWithEnums(val a: String, val b: SimpleEnum)