diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c2ed0b0..d8caef0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,37 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.3.8] - 2026-01-11
+
+### Added
+- tests: add missing pathlib abc tests (#511)
+- tests: split base test cases into joinable/readable/writable tests (#507)
+- docs: describe UPath/s3fs behavior with `is_dir()` (#503)
+
+### Fixed
+- upath.implementations.cloud: fix S3Path copy to local with name collision of file/dir (#533)
+- upath.core: fix behaviour of `UPath.parent` and `UPath.parents` (#529)
+- upath.implementations.github: adjust GitHubPath error reporting (#522)
+- upath.implementations.cloud: fix error handling on HfPath (#521)
+- upath.implementations.zip: disable write mode in universal-pathlib (#520)
+- upath.implementations.tar: fix error handling for write methods (#519)
+- upath.implementations.http: fix HTTPPath error handling for unsupported methods (#518)
+- upath.implementations.data: fix DataPath error handling for unsupported methods (#517)
+- upath.core: fix `touch()` method (#515)
+- upath.extensions: fix `is_relative_to()` for extensions (#510)
+- upath.extensions: fix error behavior for `hardlink_to()` backport and `symlink_to()` (#508)
+- upath: fix `iterdir()` behaviour when raising NotADirectoryError for all UPath subclasses (#506)
+- tests: xfail on name resolution error in github suite (#523)
+- tests: fix GitHub tests without a network connection (#509)
+
+### Changed
+- upath: adjust behavior of `UPath.copy()` and `UPath.copy_into()` with str and Path targets (#530)
+- upath.core: handover cached fs instances in `with_segments()` (#516)
+- tests: split test suite according to abcs and cleanup tests (#513)
+- tests: remove two unused helper functions introduced in #492 (#505)
+- ci: do not hardcode Python executable name (#504)
+- ci: updated development dependencies (#501)
+
 ## [0.3.7] - 2025-12-03
 
 ### Added
@@ -313,7 +344,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - started a changelog to keep track of significant changes
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/compare/v0.3.7...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/compare/v0.3.8...HEAD
+[0.3.8]: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/compare/v0.3.7...v0.3.8
 [0.3.7]: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/compare/v0.3.6...v0.3.7
 [0.3.6]: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/compare/v0.3.5...v0.3.6
 [0.3.5]: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/compare/v0.3.4...v0.3.5
diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index d4c08a46..e9e5b67a 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -1190,15 +1190,26 @@ def iterdir(self) -> Iterator[Self]:
         base_path = base.path
         if not fs.isdir(base_path):
             raise NotADirectoryError(str(self))
-        for name in fs.listdir(base_path):
+        name: str
+        for info in fs.listdir(base_path):
             # fsspec returns dictionaries
-            if isinstance(name, dict):
-                name = name.get("name")
+            if isinstance(info, dict):
+                name = info["name"]
+            else:
+                name, info = info, {}  # type: ignore[assignment]
+            # skip the base path itself if a zero-length name
+            name = name.removesuffix(sep)
+            if (
+                name == base_path
+                and info.get("size", -1) == 0
+                and info.get("Key", None) == base_path + sep
+            ):
+                continue  # skip empty names
+            # only want the path name with iterdir
+            _, _, name = name.rpartition(self.parser.sep)
             if name in {".", ".."}:
                 # Yielding a path object for these makes little sense
                 continue
-            # only want the path name with iterdir
-            _, _, name = name.removesuffix(sep).rpartition(self.parser.sep)
             yield base.with_segments(base_path, name)
 
     def __open_reader__(self) -> BinaryIO:
diff --git a/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py b/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
index a7fcc5ad..d831b3af 100644
--- a/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
+++ b/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
@@ -213,3 +213,59 @@ def on_collision_rename_file(src, dst):
         "src/common_prefix/file1.txt",
         "src/common_prefix/file2.txt",
     ]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def s3_with_explicit_directory_marker(s3_server):
+    """issue #226: path.iterdir() yields path itself as the first item (with S3)
+
+    Creates a bucket with an explicit directory marker (zero-byte object with
+    trailing slash) plus files. This simulates folders created via the AWS
+    Console, which creates actual zero-byte objects as directory markers.
+
+    Given objects on S3:
+        s3://my-bucket/my-directory/       (zero-byte directory marker)
+        s3://my-bucket/my-directory/0.txt
+        s3://my-bucket/my-directory/1.txt
+    """
+    import boto3
+
+    anon, s3so = s3_server
+    bucket = "iterdir_issue_226_marker_bucket"
+    s3_client = boto3.client("s3", **s3so["client_kwargs"])
+    s3_client.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
+    # Create an explicit directory marker (zero-byte object with trailing slash)
+    # Use boto3 directly to ensure the trailing slash is preserved in the key
+    # This is what the AWS Console creates when you "Create folder"
+    s3_client.put_object(Bucket=bucket, Key="my-directory/", Body=b"")
+    # Then create files inside the directory
+    s3_client.put_object(Bucket=bucket, Key="my-directory/0.txt", Body=b"content 0")
+    s3_client.put_object(Bucket=bucket, Key="my-directory/1.txt", Body=b"content 1")
+    yield bucket, anon, s3so
+
+
+@silence_botocore_datetime_deprecation
+def test_iterdir_with_explicit_directory_marker__issue_226(
+    s3_with_explicit_directory_marker,
+):
+    """issue #226: path.iterdir() yields path itself as the first item (with S3)
+
+    See: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_pathlib/issues/226
+    See: https://medium.com/cyberark-engineering/the-strange-case-of-amazon-s3-bucket-folders-c8d113a8dd01  # noqa: E501
+    """
+    bucket, anon, s3so = s3_with_explicit_directory_marker
+    directory_path = UPath(f"s3://{bucket}/my-directory", anon=anon, **s3so)
+
+    children = list(directory_path.iterdir())
+
+    assert directory_path not in children
+
+    expected_files = {
+        directory_path / "0.txt",
+        directory_path / "1.txt",
+    }
+    assert set(children) == expected_files, (
+        f"iterdir() should yield only the files in the directory. "
+        f"Expected: {[str(f) for f in expected_files]}, "
+        f"Got: {[str(c) for c in children]}"
+    )