diff --git a/avers.cabal b/avers.cabal
--- a/avers.cabal
+++ b/avers.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: avers
-version: 0.0.17.0
+version: 0.0.17.1
 cabal-version: >=1.10
 build-type: Simple
 license: GPL-3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         Avers.Types
         Avers.Views
     build-depends:
-        aeson >=1.0.2.0 && <1.1,
+        aeson >=1.0.2.1 && <1.1,
         attoparsec >=0.13.1.0 && <0.14,
         base >=4.9.0.0 && <4.10,
         bytestring >=0.10.8.1 && <0.11,
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@
         mtl >=2.2.1 && <2.3,
         network >=2.6.3.1 && <2.7,
         network-uri >=2.6.1.0 && <2.7,
-        safe >=0.3.9 && <0.4,
+        safe >=0.3.10 && <0.4,
         stm >=2.4.4.1 && <2.5,
         template-haskell >=2.11.0.0 && <2.12,
         text >=1.2.2.1 && <1.3,
         time >=1.6.0.1 && <1.7,
-        unordered-containers >=0.2.7.1 && <0.3,
+        unordered-containers >=0.2.7.2 && <0.3,
         vector >=0.11.0.0 && <0.12,
         MonadRandom >=0.4.2.3 && <0.5,
-        cryptonite ==0.20.*,
-        memory ==0.13.*,
-        inflections >=0.2.0.1 && <0.3,
+        cryptonite ==0.21.*,
+        memory ==0.14.*,
+        inflections <0.3 && >=0.3.0.0,
         resource-pool >=0.2.3.2 && <0.3,
         rethinkdb-client-driver >=0.0.23 && <0.1,
         scrypt >=0.5.0 && <0.6
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@
     main-is: Test.hs
     build-depends:
         MonadRandom >=0.4.2.3 && <0.5,
-        aeson >=1.0.2.0 && <1.1,
+        aeson >=1.0.2.1 && <1.1,
         attoparsec >=0.13.1.0 && <0.14,
-        avers >=0.0.17.0 && <0.1,
+        avers >=0.0.17.1 && <0.1,
         base >=4.9.0.0 && <4.10,
         base16-bytestring >=0.1.1.6 && <0.2,
         bytestring >=0.10.8.1 && <0.11,
         containers >=0.5.7.1 && <0.6,
         cryptohash >=0.11.9 && <0.12,
-        hspec >=2.2.3 && <2.3,
+        hspec >=2.3.2 && <2.4,
         inflections >=0.2.0.1 && <0.3,
         mtl >=2.2.1 && <2.3,
         resource-pool >=0.2.3.2 && <0.3,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         stm >=2.4.4.1 && <2.5,
         text >=1.2.2.1 && <1.3,
         time >=1.6.0.1 && <1.7,
-        unordered-containers >=0.2.7.1 && <0.3,
+        unordered-containers >=0.2.7.2 && <0.3,
         vector >=0.11.0.0 && <0.12
     default-language: Haskell2010
     hs-source-dirs: test
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
     type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
     main-is: Benchmark.hs
     build-depends:
-        aeson >=1.0.2.0 && <1.1,
-        avers >=0.0.17.0 && <0.1,
+        aeson >=1.0.2.1 && <1.1,
+        avers >=0.0.17.1 && <0.1,
         base >=4.9.0.0 && <4.10,
         mtl >=2.2.1 && <2.3,
-        criterion >=1.1.1.0 && <1.2,
+        criterion >=1.1.4.0 && <1.2,
         resource-pool >=0.2.3.2 && <0.3,
         rethinkdb-client-driver >=0.0.23 && <0.1,
         network-uri >=2.6.1.0 && <2.7,
diff --git a/src/Avers/TH.hs b/src/Avers/TH.hs
--- a/src/Avers/TH.hs
+++ b/src/Avers/TH.hs
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
     }
 
 dasherizeTag :: String -> String
-dasherizeTag x = case parseCamelCase [] x of
+dasherizeTag x = case parseCamelCase [] (T.pack x) of
     Left  err -> error $ show err
-    Right res -> map toLower $ dasherize res
+    Right res -> map toLower $ T.unpack $ dasherize res
 
 variantOptions :: String -> String -> String -> Options
 variantOptions tagField contentsField prefix = defaultOptions