diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5321cd46..ce5066b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 jc changelog
 
-20210209 v1.14.3
+202102010 v1.14.3
 - Add hciconfig parser tested on linux
+- Update dig parser to simplify answer data logic
 
 20210205 v1.14.2
 - Update dig parser to fix cases where there are spaces in the answer data (e.g. TXT records)
diff --git a/jc/parsers/dig.py b/jc/parsers/dig.py
index 3eb23d9c..93ffdbc8 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/dig.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/dig.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ import jc.utils
 
 
 class info():
-    version = '1.4'
+    version = '1.5'
     description = 'dig command parser'
     author = 'Kelly Brazil'
     author_email = 'kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com'
@@ -521,12 +521,12 @@ def parse_authority(authority):
 
 def parse_answer(answer):
     # www.cnn.com.        5   IN  CNAME   turner-tls.map.fastly.net.
-    answer = answer.split()
+    answer = answer.split(maxsplit=4)
     answer_name = answer[0]
     answer_class = answer[2]
     answer_type = answer[3]
     answer_ttl = answer[1]
-    answer_data = ' '.join(answer[4:])
+    answer_data = answer[4]
 
     # remove surrounding quotation marks from answer_data if they exist
     if answer_data.startswith('"') and answer_data.endswith('"'):