diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a9996ac7..d486b836f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ A small, single Java library for working with serial ports across various system
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.github.java-native</groupId>
     <artifactId>jssc</artifactId>
-    <version>2.10.0</version>
+    <version>2.10.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 * or Gradle (KTS)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 dependencies {
-    implementation("io.github.java-native:jssc:2.10.0")
+    implementation("io.github.java-native:jssc:2.10.1")
 }
 ```
 * or Gradle (Groovy)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.github.java-native:jssc:2.10.0'
+    implementation 'io.github.java-native:jssc:2.10.1'
 }
 ```
 * [API code examples](../../wiki/examples)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b3466aac..7b80d3a44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.github.java-native</groupId>
   <artifactId>jssc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.10.1</version>
+  <version>2.10.2</version>
 
   <name>Java Simple Serial Connector</name>
   <description>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/java-native/jssc.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:java-native/jssc.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/java-native/jssc</url>
-    <tag>v2.10.1</tag>
+    <tag>v2.10.2</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/_nix_based/jssc.cpp b/src/main/cpp/_nix_based/jssc.cpp
index bcc814784..cab25db09 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/_nix_based/jssc.cpp
+++ b/src/main/cpp/_nix_based/jssc.cpp
@@ -662,12 +662,15 @@ JNIEXPORT jbyteArray JNICALL Java_jssc_SerialNativeInterface_readBytes
     jbyteArray returnArray = NULL;
     int byteRemains = byteCount;
 
-    if( byteCount <= 0 ){
+    if( byteCount < 0 ){
         char emsg[64]; emsg[0] = '\0';
-        snprintf(emsg, sizeof emsg, "byteCount %d. Expected range: 1..2147483647", byteCount);
+        snprintf(emsg, sizeof emsg, "byteCount %d. Expected range: 0..2147483647", byteCount);
         jclass exClz = env->FindClass("java/lang/IllegalArgumentException");
         if( exClz ) env->ThrowNew(exClz, emsg);
         returnArray = NULL; goto Finally;
+    }else if( byteCount == 0 ){
+        returnArray = env->NewByteArray(0);
+        goto Finally;
     }
 
     lpBuffer = (jbyte*)malloc(byteCount*sizeof*lpBuffer);
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/windows/jssc.cpp b/src/main/cpp/windows/jssc.cpp
index 595873c1c..0f08718f0 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/windows/jssc.cpp
+++ b/src/main/cpp/windows/jssc.cpp
@@ -281,12 +281,15 @@ JNIEXPORT jbyteArray JNICALL Java_jssc_SerialNativeInterface_readBytes
     jbyte *lpBuffer = NULL;
     OVERLAPPED *overlapped = NULL;
 
-    if( byteCount <= 0 ){
+    if( byteCount < 0 ){
         char emsg[64]; emsg[0] = '\0';
-        snprintf(emsg, sizeof emsg, "byteCount %d. Expected range: 1..2147483647", byteCount);
+        snprintf(emsg, sizeof emsg, "byteCount %d. Expected range: 0..2147483647", byteCount);
         jclass exClz = env->FindClass("java/lang/IllegalArgumentException");
         if( exClz ) env->ThrowNew(exClz, emsg);
         returnArray = NULL; goto Finally;
+    }else if( byteCount == 0 ){
+        returnArray = env->NewByteArray(0);
+        goto Finally;
     }
 
     returnArray = env->NewByteArray(byteCount);
diff --git a/src/main/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterface.java b/src/main/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterface.java
index 8f2b59156..091dc3848 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterface.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 public class SerialNativeInterface {
 
-    private static final String libVersion = "2.10.1";
+    private static final String libVersion = "2.10.2";
 
     /** Linux **/
     public static final int OS_LINUX = 0;
diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_32/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_32/libjssc.so
index 26f53f638..365bf14f3 100755
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_64/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_64/libjssc.so
index 474a07e6d..e3f8908db 100755
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_arm/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_arm/libjssc.so
index f8f57f375..d12d7c7cc 100755
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_arm64/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_arm64/libjssc.so
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_ppc/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_ppc/libjssc.so
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_riscv32/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_riscv32/libjssc.so
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_riscv64/libjssc.so b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/linux_riscv64/libjssc.so
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/osx_64/libjssc.dylib b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/osx_64/libjssc.dylib
index f93b9b972..6b8da70c8 100755
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/osx_arm64/libjssc.dylib b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/osx_arm64/libjssc.dylib
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/windows_32/jssc.dll b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/windows_32/jssc.dll
index c2e25875d..8eba63a69 100755
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/windows_64/jssc.dll b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/windows_64/jssc.dll
index aab778e9c..026c7cdf2 100755
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diff --git a/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/windows_arm64/jssc.dll b/src/main/resources-precompiled/natives/windows_arm64/jssc.dll
index f72d34299..81386c146 100755
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diff --git a/src/test/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterfaceTest.java b/src/test/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterfaceTest.java
index a1186c923..91adbbf1e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterfaceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/jssc/SerialNativeInterfaceTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
@@ -110,16 +111,25 @@ public void throwsIfCountNegative() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * I think this case should just throw an exception, as trying to read zero
+     * bytes doesn't make much sense to me. But it seems we need to accept a
+     * "read of zero bytes" as a legal case. So jssc will respond with an empty
+     * array, exactly as caller did request.
+     * See also "https://github.com/java-native/jssc/issues/192".
+     * 
+     * Update: According to
+     * https://github.com/java-native/jssc/issues/192#issuecomment-2960137775
+     * there seems to exist some other issue related to events, which occasionly
+     * provocates zero-length reads. So as long this other issue exists, jssc
+     * probably should handle zero-length reads, as it seems to cause them
+     * itself. */
     @Test
-    public void throwsIfCountZero() throws Exception {
+    public void returnsAnEmptyArrayIfCountIsZero() throws Exception {
         SerialNativeInterface testTarget = new SerialNativeInterface();
-        byte[] ret;
-        try{
-            ret = testTarget.readBytes(0, 0);
-            fail("Where's the exception?");
-        }catch( IllegalArgumentException ex ){
-            assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("0"));
-        }
+        byte[] ret = testTarget.readBytes(0, 0);
+        assertNotNull(ret);
+        assertTrue(ret.length == 0);
     }
 
     @Test