diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 9da0f90..3417594 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl><!-- https://github.com/dotnet/sourcelink/blob/main/docs/README.md#publishrepositoryurl -->
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <AkkaTestKitVersion>1.5.33</AkkaTestKitVersion>
+    <AkkaTestKitVersion>1.5.34</AkkaTestKitVersion>
     <MicrosoftNetTestSdkVersion>17.12.0</MicrosoftNetTestSdkVersion>
     <NUnit3Version>3.14.0</NUnit3Version>
     <NUnit4Version>4.3.2</NUnit4Version>
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 9cb198e..06ee1eb 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#### 1.5.34 January 7th 2025 ####
+- Bump `Akka.TestKit` to [1.5.34](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/releases/tag/1.5.34)
+
 #### 1.5.33 January 4th 2025 ####
 - Safer formatting of assertion messages
 - Bump `NUnit` to [4.3.2](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/releases/tag/4.3.2)