diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7bfe3d..13d8485 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 # [unreleased]
 
+# [v0.12.0] 2024-06-06
+
+## Added
+
+- `Default` impl for `GenericUnsignedByteField<()>` (also called `UnsignedByteFieldEmpty`)
+
+## Changed
+
+- Removed `Into<u64>` type constraint for `GenericUnsignedByteField`
+
 # [v0.11.2] 2024-05-19
 
 - Bumped MSRV to 1.68.2
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index da80792..17dd92e 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl UnsignedEnum for UnsignedByteField {
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "defmt", derive(defmt::Format))]
-pub struct GenericUnsignedByteField<TYPE: Copy + Into<u64>> {
+pub struct GenericUnsignedByteField<TYPE: Copy> {
     value: TYPE,
 }
 
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ pub type UbfU16 = UnsignedByteFieldU16;
 pub type UbfU32 = UnsignedByteFieldU32;
 pub type UbfU64 = UnsignedByteFieldU64;
 
+impl Default for GenericUnsignedByteField<()> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<UnsignedByteFieldU8> for UnsignedByteField {
     fn from(value: UnsignedByteFieldU8) -> Self {
         Self::new(1, value.value as u64)