diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2872932..cf76b4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 ## v0.7.8 TBC
+### Fixed
+- Fix accessing attributes of committed datatype with `my_datafile.attrs`.
+- Fix calling `get_attribute_names` method of Module API on committed datatype.
 ### Changed
 - Mark optional parameters as such in the TypeScript declarations of the following `H5Module` methods: `open`, `create_dataset`, `create_group`, `create_vlen_str_dataset` and `get_keys_vector`.
 ## v0.7.7 2024-08-28
diff --git a/src/hdf5_util.cc b/src/hdf5_util.cc
index 4bc79ad..3f2b620 100644
--- a/src/hdf5_util.cc
+++ b/src/hdf5_util.cc
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ val get_attribute_names(hid_t loc_id, const std::string& obj_name_string)
     {
         ocpl_id = H5Gget_create_plist(obj_id);
     }
+    else if (obj_type == H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE)
+    {
+        ocpl_id = H5Tget_create_plist(obj_id);
+    }
     else
     {
         ocpl_id = H5Dget_create_plist(obj_id);