diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91caedd..b5ff190 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [4.3.7](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/4.3.6...4.3.7)
+
+- fix(countTextInBlocks): Don't count text if maxChars is not set - refs #153110 [`230298a`](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/commit/230298a23f9f67d76721b201cafdfd60c8be0f17)
+
 #### [4.3.6](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/4.3.5...4.3.6)
 
+> 30 June 2022
+
+- develop [`#20`](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/pull/20)
 
 #### [4.3.5](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/4.3.4...4.3.5)
 
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index d051fe2..fd627db 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pipeline {
         NAMESPACE = "@eeacms"
         SONARQUBE_TAGS = "volto.eea.europa.eu,forest.eea.europa.eu,www.eea.europa.eu-ims,climate-energy.eea.europa.eu,sustainability.eionet.europa.eu,biodiversity.europa.eu,clms.land.copernicus.eu,industry.eea.europa.eu,water.europa.eu-freshwater,demo-www.eea.europa.eu,clmsdemo.devel6cph.eea.europa.eu,circularity.eea.europa.eu"
         DEPENDENCIES = ""
-        VOLTO = "alpha"
+        VOLTO = "16.0.0-alpha.14"
     }
 
   stages {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c824a5..78f33ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eeacms/volto-group-block",
-  "version": "4.3.6",
+  "version": "4.3.7",
   "description": "volto-group-block: Volto block to be used to group other blocks",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "author": "European Environment Agency: IDM2 A-Team",
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
index 2e07a66..115c9c6 100644
--- a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
    */
   const countTextInBlocks = (blocksObject) => {
     let groupCharCount = 0;
+    if (!props.data.maxChars) {
+      return groupCharCount;
+    }
 
     Object.keys(blocksObject).forEach((blockId) => {
       const foundText = blocksObject[blockId]?.plaintext