diff --git a/acid-state.cabal b/acid-state.cabal
--- a/acid-state.cabal
+++ b/acid-state.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                acid-state
-Version:             0.11.3
+Version:             0.11.4
 Synopsis:            Add ACID guarantees to any serializable Haskell data structure.
 Description:         Use regular Haskell data structures as your database and get stronger ACID guarantees than most RDBMS offer.
 Homepage:            http://acid-state.seize.it/
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 
   Build-depends:       array,
                        base >= 4 && < 5,
-                       bytestring >= 0.9.1.8,
+                       bytestring >= 0.10,
                        cereal >= 0.3.2.0,
                        containers,
                        extensible-exceptions,
                        safecopy >= 0.6,
-                       stm,
+                       stm >= 2.4,
                        directory,
                        filepath,
                        mtl,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     acid-state
   default-language:
     Haskell2010
-  default-extensions:  
+  default-extensions:
     PatternGuards
     GADTs
     StandaloneDeriving