diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index bdd5ed5..066e7fe 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "DICOM"
 uuid = "a26e6606-dd52-5f6a-a97f-4f611373d757"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.6"
diff --git a/src/DICOM.jl b/src/DICOM.jl
index 1479970..cc52d3d 100644
--- a/src/DICOM.jl
+++ b/src/DICOM.jl
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ function determine_vr_and_lentype(st, gelt, is_explicit, aux_vr)
     lentype = UInt32
     if is_explicit && !always_implicit(grp, elt)
         vr = String(read!(st, Array{UInt8}(undef, 2)))
-        if vr in ("OB", "OW", "OF", "SQ", "UT", "UN")
+        if vr in ("OB", "OW", "OF", "SQ", "UT", "UN", "UC")
             skip(st, 2)
         else
             lentype = UInt16