diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.0.0.2] - 2026-07-14
+
+### Changed
+
+* Lower bound on `autodocodec >=0.6`
+
 ## [0.0.0.1] - 2025-06-20
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/autodocodec-exact.cabal b/autodocodec-exact.cabal
--- a/autodocodec-exact.cabal
+++ b/autodocodec-exact.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.36.1.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.38.3.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           autodocodec-exact
-version:        0.0.0.1
+version:        0.0.0.2
 synopsis:       Exact decoder for autodocodec
 homepage:       https://github.com/NorfairKing/autodocodec#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/NorfairKing/autodocodec/issues
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   build-depends:
       aeson
     , aeson-pretty
-    , autodocodec >=0.5.0.0
+    , autodocodec >=0.6.0.0
     , base >=4.7 && <5
     , bytestring
     , containers
diff --git a/src/Autodocodec/Exact.hs b/src/Autodocodec/Exact.hs
--- a/src/Autodocodec/Exact.hs
+++ b/src/Autodocodec/Exact.hs
@@ -107,10 +107,12 @@
       case value of
         JSON.Bool b -> return $ coerce b
         _ -> exactError $ ExactParseErrorTypeMismatch "a boolean" value
-  StringCodec mname ->
+  StringCodec mname bounds ->
     withNamed mname $
       case value of
-        JSON.String s -> return $ coerce s
+        JSON.String s -> case checkStringBounds bounds s of
+          Left err -> exactError $ ExactParseErrorStringOutOfBounds bounds s err
+          Right s' -> pure $ coerce s'
         _ -> exactError $ ExactParseErrorTypeMismatch "a string" value
   IntegerCodec mname bounds ->
     withNamed mname $
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@
   | ExactParseErrorDisjointBothSucceeded
   | ExactParseErrorDisjointBothFailed !ExactParseError !ExactParseError
   | ExactParseErrorUnsafeNumber !(Bounds Scientific) !Scientific !String
+  | ExactParseErrorStringOutOfBounds !StringBounds !Text !String
   | ExactParseErrorNumberOutOfBounds !(Bounds Scientific) !Scientific !String
   | ExactParseErrorIntegerOutOfBounds !(Bounds Integer) !Integer !String
   | ExactParseErrorMissingRequiredKey !Key !JSON.Object
@@ -551,6 +554,8 @@
     [unwords ["Number is out of bounds:", show @Scientific s], err]
   ExactParseErrorIntegerOutOfBounds _ i err ->
     [unwords ["Integer is out of bounds:", show @Integer i], err]
+  ExactParseErrorStringOutOfBounds _ t err ->
+    [unwords ["String is out of bounds:", show @Text t], err]
   ExactParseErrorMissingRequiredKey key o ->
     appendOnLine' ["Missing required key:", show @Key key ++ ", in object:"] (showObject o)
   ExactParseErrorMissingDiscriminator key o ->