diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 001847f..20063d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Added `raw_data` API for `Tlv` and `Lv` to retrieve the whole `Lv`/`Tlv` slice if the object
   was created from a raw bytestream.
 - Added `MsgToUserTlv` helper class which wraps a regular `Tlv` and adds some useful functionality.
+- `UnsignedByteField` and `GenericUnsignedByteField` `new` methods are `const` now.
 
 # [v0.7.0-beta.0] 2023-08-16
 
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 3fd41dc..4a71ea0 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ pub struct UnsignedByteField {
 }
 
 impl UnsignedByteField {
-    pub fn new(width: usize, value: u64) -> Self {
+    pub const fn new(width: usize, value: u64) -> Self {
         Self { width, value }
     }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ pub struct GenericUnsignedByteField<TYPE> {
 }
 
 impl<TYPE> GenericUnsignedByteField<TYPE> {
-    pub fn new(val: TYPE) -> Self {
+    pub const fn new(val: TYPE) -> Self {
         Self { value: val }
     }
 }