diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f4f5ba..ad6be5d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8..3.22)
 
-project(minitar LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.1.0)
+project(minitar LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.2.0)
 
 set(SOURCES
     src/tar.c
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81acebe..12ee9a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,13 +119,9 @@ This enum lists all supported file types:
 
 `MTAR_REGULAR`: Regular files
 
-`MTAR_BLKDEV`: Block special devices
-
-`MTAR_CHRDEV`: Character special devices
-
 `MTAR_DIRECTORY`: Directories
 
-Other file types supported in tar archives, such as FIFOs or symlinks, are not supported and minitar will throw an error when encountering one of them.
+Other file types supported in tar archives, such as block/character devices, FIFOs, or symlinks, are not supported and minitar will throw an error when encountering one of them.
 
 ### minitar_entry_metadata
 `struct minitar_entry_metadata`
diff --git a/minitar.h b/minitar.h
index 1fa47c5..66c40bf 100644
--- a/minitar.h
+++ b/minitar.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ struct minitar;
 enum minitar_file_type
 {
     MTAR_REGULAR,
-    MTAR_CHRDEV,
-    MTAR_BLKDEV,
     MTAR_DIRECTORY
 };
 
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 397d8a0..4c396a6 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void minitar_parse_metadata_from_tar_header(const struct tar_header* hdr, struct
     case '0': metadata->type = MTAR_REGULAR; break;
     case '1': minitar_panic("Links to other files within a tar archive are unsupported");
     case '2': minitar_panic("Symbolic links are unsupported");
-    case '3': metadata->type = MTAR_CHRDEV; break;
-    case '4': metadata->type = MTAR_BLKDEV; break;
+    case '3': minitar_panic("Character devices are unsupported");
+    case '4': minitar_panic("Block devices are unsupported");
     case '5': metadata->type = MTAR_DIRECTORY; break;
     case '6': minitar_panic("FIFOs are unsupported");
     default: minitar_panic("Unknown entry type in tar header");