diff --git a/docs/release_notes/version_0.14_updates.rst b/docs/release_notes/version_0.14_updates.rst
index 309ef6da1..445b80e2d 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes/version_0.14_updates.rst
+++ b/docs/release_notes/version_0.14_updates.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Version 0.14 Updates
 /////////////////////////
 
+Version 0.14.3
+===============
+
+Fixes
++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Fixed issue when getting GRIB metadata for the "geography" namespace caused a crash when the "bitmap" key was present in the namespace. The "bitmap" key is now ignored in the "geography" namespace.
+
 Version 0.14.2
 ===============
 
diff --git a/src/earthkit/data/readers/grib/codes.py b/src/earthkit/data/readers/grib/codes.py
index ed1c4be0f..597f81916 100644
--- a/src/earthkit/data/readers/grib/codes.py
+++ b/src/earthkit/data/readers/grib/codes.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ def as_namespace(self, namespace, param="shortName"):
             "latitudes",
             "longitudes",
             "values",
+            "bitmap",
         }
         for key in self.keys(namespace=namespace):
             if key not in ignore: