diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09b42c9a..f56cfc86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.14.0 - 2023-11-xx]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Support of libheif `1.17.0`. #156
+
 ## [0.13.1 - 2023-10-15]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c b/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
index d64a85fa..7682e939 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
+++ b/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #define RETURN_NONE Py_INCREF(Py_None); return Py_None;
 
-static struct heif_error heif_error_no = { .code = 0, .subcode = 0, .message = NULL };
+static struct heif_error heif_error_no = { .code = 0, .subcode = 0, .message = "" };
 
 int check_error(struct heif_error error) {
     if (error.code == heif_error_Ok) {