diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.1.0.9 (2 November 2013)
+-------------------------
+
+  * allow array-0.5
+
 0.1.0.7 (27 September 2013)
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/active.cabal b/active.cabal
--- a/active.cabal
+++ b/active.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                active
-version:             0.1.0.8
+version:             0.1.0.9
 synopsis:            Abstractions for animation
 description:         "Active" abstraction for animated things with finite start and end times.
 license:             BSD3
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 library
   exposed-modules:     Data.Active
   build-depends:       base >= 4.0 && < 4.8,
-                       array >= 0.3 && < 0.5,
+                       array >= 0.3 && < 0.6,
                        semigroups >= 0.1 && < 0.12,
                        semigroupoids >= 1.2 && < 4.1,
                        vector-space >= 0.8 && < 0.9,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     type:              exitcode-stdio-1.0
     main-is:           active-tests.hs
     build-depends:     base >= 4.0 && < 4.8,
-                       array >= 0.3 && < 0.5,
+                       array >= 0.3 && < 0.6,
                        semigroups >= 0.1 && < 0.12,
                        semigroupoids >= 1.2 && < 4.1,
                        vector-space >= 0.8 && < 0.9,