diff --git a/cffi/cdefs.h b/cffi/cdefs.h
index aa75004..de05f4a 100644
--- a/cffi/cdefs.h
+++ b/cffi/cdefs.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ LY_ERR lyd_print_all(struct ly_out *, const struct lyd_node *, LYD_FORMAT, uint3
 #define LYD_PARSE_OPTS_MASK ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_ORDERED ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_STRICT ...
+#define LYD_PARSE_JSON_STRING_DATATYPES ...
 
 #define LYD_VALIDATE_NO_STATE ...
 #define LYD_VALIDATE_PRESENT ...
diff --git a/cffi/source.c b/cffi/source.c
index b54ba0d..34e18b0 100644
--- a/cffi/source.c
+++ b/cffi/source.c
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 #include <libyang/libyang.h>
 #include <libyang/version.h>
 
-#if (LY_VERSION_MAJOR != 3)
-#error "This version of libyang bindings only works with libyang 3.x"
+#if LY_VERSION_MAJOR * 10000 + LY_VERSION_MINOR * 100 + LY_VERSION_MICRO < 30801
+#error "This version of libyang bindings only works with libyang soversion 3.8.1+"
 #endif
diff --git a/libyang/context.py b/libyang/context.py
index f9bd5a5..b50600d 100644
--- a/libyang/context.py
+++ b/libyang/context.py
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ def parse_data(
         validate_multi_error: bool = False,
         store_only: bool = False,
         json_null: bool = False,
+        json_string_datatypes: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[DNode]:
         if self.cdata is None:
             raise RuntimeError("context already destroyed")
@@ -545,6 +546,7 @@ def parse_data(
             strict=strict,
             store_only=store_only,
             json_null=json_null,
+            json_string_datatypes=json_string_datatypes,
         )
         validation_flgs = validation_flags(
             no_state=no_state,
@@ -604,6 +606,7 @@ def parse_data_mem(
         validate_multi_error: bool = False,
         store_only: bool = False,
         json_null: bool = False,
+        json_string_datatypes: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[DNode]:
         return self.parse_data(
             fmt,
@@ -620,6 +623,7 @@ def parse_data_mem(
             validate_multi_error=validate_multi_error,
             store_only=store_only,
             json_null=json_null,
+            json_string_datatypes=json_string_datatypes,
         )
 
     def parse_data_file(
@@ -637,6 +641,7 @@ def parse_data_file(
         validate_multi_error: bool = False,
         store_only: bool = False,
         json_null: bool = False,
+        json_string_datatypes: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[DNode]:
         return self.parse_data(
             fmt,
@@ -653,6 +658,7 @@ def parse_data_file(
             validate_multi_error=validate_multi_error,
             store_only=store_only,
             json_null=json_null,
+            json_string_datatypes=json_string_datatypes,
         )
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Module]:
diff --git a/libyang/data.py b/libyang/data.py
index 0d63d3c..0d6f6cf 100644
--- a/libyang/data.py
+++ b/libyang/data.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ def parser_flags(
     strict: bool = False,
     store_only: bool = False,
     json_null: bool = False,
+    json_string_datatypes: bool = False,
 ) -> int:
     flags = 0
     if lyb_mod_update:
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ def parser_flags(
         flags |= lib.LYD_PARSE_STORE_ONLY
     if json_null:
         flags |= lib.LYD_PARSE_JSON_NULL
+    if json_string_datatypes:
+        flags |= lib.LYD_PARSE_JSON_STRING_DATATYPES
     return flags
 
 
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index acf2733..cd4638b 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
 [DESIGN]
 
 # Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
-max-args=15
+max-args=20
 
 # Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
 max-attributes=20