diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62a05a1..88a5359 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## 1.4.1 (18. January 2022)
+
++ [#15](https://github.com/luyadev/yii-helpers/pull/15) Fix PHP 8.1 compatibility bug in `ArrayHelper::searchColumns()`
+
 ## 1.4.0 (20. October 2022)
 
 + [#13](https://github.com/luyadev/yii-helpers/pull/13) Added `Json::decodeSilent()` method which wont throw an exception and returns defined default value instead.
@@ -37,4 +41,4 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 
 ## 1.0.0 (2. February 2021)
 
-+ First stable release
\ No newline at end of file
++ First stable release
diff --git a/src/helpers/ArrayHelper.php b/src/helpers/ArrayHelper.php
index 8901a9f..4e5925c 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ArrayHelper.php
+++ b/src/helpers/ArrayHelper.php
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public static function searchColumn(array $array, $column, $search)
     public static function searchColumns(array $array, $column, $search)
     {
         $keys = array_filter($array, function ($var) use ($column, $search) {
-            return strcasecmp($search, $var[$column]) == 0 ? true : false;
+            return strcasecmp($search, (string) $var[$column]) == 0 ? true : false;
         });
 
         return $keys;