diff --git a/Hipmunk.cabal b/Hipmunk.cabal
--- a/Hipmunk.cabal
+++ b/Hipmunk.cabal
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Tested-With:   GHC
 Category:      Physics, Game
 Name:          Hipmunk
-Version:       5.0.0
+Version:       5.0.1
 Stability:     provisional
 License:       OtherLicense
 License-File:  LICENSE
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
       <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/HipmunkPlayground>
       for a demonstration of this library.
       .
+      New in version 5.0.1:
+      * Updated dependencies for GHC 6.12.  Thanks, dons.
+      .
       New in version 5.0.0:
       .
       * Updated for a prerelease of Chipmunk 5.0 from subversion
         revision 192.  Besides bugfixes this new version brings
         the long awaited new constraints type, doubling the
-        number of different joint from four to nine.
+        number of different joints from four to nine.
       .
       * Tighter dependencies following the versioning policies.
       .
@@ -106,10 +109,10 @@
       Physics/Hipmunk/wrapper.c
   if flag(small_base)
     Build-Depends: base >= 3 && < 5,
-                   array >= 0.1 && < 0.3,
-                   containers >= 0.1 && < 0.3
+                   array >= 0.1 && < 0.4,
+                   containers >= 0.1 && < 0.4
   else
-    Build-Depends: base == 2
+    Build-Depends: base >= 2 && < 3
   Extensions:    CPP, ForeignFunctionInterface
   Build-Tools:   hsc2hs
   GHC-Options:   -Wall
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+Version 5.0.1
+=============
+ - Updated dependencies for GHC 6.12.  Thanks, dons.
+
 Version 5.0.0
-================
+=============
  - Updated for a prerelease of Chipmunk 5.0 from subversion
    revision 192.  Besides bugfixes this new version brings the
    long awaited new constraints type, doubling the number of
diff --git a/Physics/Hipmunk/Common.hsc b/Physics/Hipmunk/Common.hsc
--- a/Physics/Hipmunk/Common.hsc
+++ b/Physics/Hipmunk/Common.hsc
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 --
 --   However, be careful as you should not use shapes created
 --   before a call to @resetCounter@ with shapes created after it
---   as they may have the same id.  This means that can't add
+--   as they may have the same id.  This means that you can't add
 --   shapes created after the call to a space created before it.
 resetShapeCounter :: IO ()
 resetShapeCounter = cpResetShapeIdCounter
diff --git a/Physics/Hipmunk/Unsafe.hsc b/Physics/Hipmunk/Unsafe.hsc
--- a/Physics/Hipmunk/Unsafe.hsc
+++ b/Physics/Hipmunk/Unsafe.hsc
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 --   @off@.  Be careful, /you should not change the shape type/.
 --   For example, it is unsafe to change a circle shape's radius,
 --   but it is an error to try to change a circle into a segment
---   or a polygon.  Note also that these errors /are not
---   checked/, meaning /they will probably crash Chipmunk/.
+--   or a polygon.  Note also that these errors /are not/
+--   /checked/, meaning /they will probably crash Chipmunk/.
 unsafeShapeRedefine :: Shape -> ShapeType -> Position -> IO ()
 unsafeShapeRedefine (S shape _) (Circle r) off =
   withForeignPtr shape $ \shape_ptr ->
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 --   anything. It is unsafe because you should call 'redefine'
 --   only on the same kind of constraint you created, and this
 --   function allows you to bypass the type system checks.  Note
---   Also that, unlike Chipmunk, we don't check at run-time that
+--   also that, unlike Chipmunk, we don't check at run-time that
 --   'redefine' is being called on the right type!
 unsafeRememberC :: ConstraintType a => Constraint Unknown -> Constraint a
 unsafeRememberC (C c b1 b2) = C c b1 b2