diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a077a88..4f04d94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.3.1
+
+- Fix bug (since 4.2.0) that caused column names not to be truncated after null character
+
 ## 4.3.0
 
 - Drop support for Ruby versions older than 3.0
diff --git a/lib/dbf/column.rb b/lib/dbf/column.rb
index a18b447..b36ce6f 100644
--- a/lib/dbf/column.rb
+++ b/lib/dbf/column.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def underscored_name
     private
 
     def clean(value) # :nodoc:
-      value.strip.delete("\x00").gsub(/[^\x20-\x7E]/, '')
+      value.strip.partition("\x00").first.gsub(/[^\x20-\x7E]/, '')
     end
 
     def encode(value, strip_output: false) # :nodoc:
diff --git a/lib/dbf/version.rb b/lib/dbf/version.rb
index 14639e2..e6ac5e9 100644
--- a/lib/dbf/version.rb
+++ b/lib/dbf/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module DBF
-  VERSION = '4.3.0'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.3.1'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/spec/dbf/column_spec.rb b/spec/dbf/column_spec.rb
index 43311f9..b26bec0 100644
--- a/spec/dbf/column_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/dbf/column_spec.rb
@@ -287,12 +287,12 @@
   describe '#name' do
     it 'contains only ASCII characters' do
       column = DBF::Column.new table, "--\x1F-\x68\x65\x6C\x6C\x6F \x00world-\x80--", 'N', 1, 0
-      expect(column.name).to eq '---hello world---'
+      expect(column.name).to eq '---hello '
     end
 
     it 'is truncated at the null character' do
       column = DBF::Column.new table, "--\x1F-\x68\x65\x6C\x6C\x6F \x00world-\x80\x80--", 'N', 1, 0
-      expect(column.name).to eq '---hello world---'
+      expect(column.name).to eq '---hello '
     end
   end
 end