diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Revision history for base62
 
+## 0.1.1.0 -- 2023-08-08
+
+* Add `shortText128`.
+* Add `text128`.
+* Drop support for `text` earlier than 2.0.
+
 ## 0.1.0.3 -- 2023-07-25
 
 * Support GHC 9.4. Drop support for all versions of GHC before 9.4.
diff --git a/base62.cabal b/base62.cabal
--- a/base62.cabal
+++ b/base62.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 2.2
 name: base62
-version: 0.1.0.3
+version: 0.1.1.0
 synopsis: Base62 encoding and decoding
 description:
   Encode and decode using the base62 encoding scheme.
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@
     Data.Word.Base62
   build-depends:
     , base >=4.17 && <5
+    , bytebuild >=0.3.4 && <0.4
     , byteslice >=0.2 && <0.3
+    , bytestring >=0.11.4
     , natural-arithmetic >=0.1 && <0.2
     , primitive >=0.7 && <0.10
-    , bytebuild >=0.3.4 && <0.4
+    , text >=2.0.2
+    , text-short >=0.1.5
     , wide-word >=0.1.0.8 && <0.2
   hs-source-dirs: src
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Data/Word/Base62.hs b/src/Data/Word/Base62.hs
--- a/src/Data/Word/Base62.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Word/Base62.hs
@@ -24,18 +24,23 @@
   , decode64
     -- * 128-bit Word
   , encode128
+  , shortText128
+  , text128
   , builder128
   , decode128
   ) where
 
+import Data.ByteString.Short.Internal (ShortByteString(SBS))
 import Data.Bytes.Builder.Bounded.Unsafe (Builder(..))
 import Data.Bytes.Types (Bytes(Bytes))
 import Data.Char (ord)
 import Data.Primitive (ByteArray(..),readByteArray,writeByteArray)
 import Data.Primitive (MutableByteArray(MutableByteArray))
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text.Short (ShortText)
 import Data.WideWord.Word128 (Word128(Word128))
-import GHC.Exts (Char(C#),Word64#,Word8#,quotRemWord#,indexCharArray#)
 import GHC.Exts (ByteArray#,Int#,Int(I#),(+#),(-#))
+import GHC.Exts (Char(C#),Word64#,Word8#,quotRemWord#,indexCharArray#)
 import GHC.Exts (isTrue#,(>#))
 import GHC.Exts (wordToWord64#,word64ToWord#)
 import GHC.ST (ST(ST))
@@ -45,6 +50,8 @@
 import qualified Data.Bytes as Bytes
 import qualified Data.Bytes.Builder.Bounded as Builder
 import qualified GHC.Exts as Exts
+import qualified Data.Text.Short as TS
+import qualified Data.Text.Short.Unsafe as TS
 
 -- $setup
 -- >>> :set -XNumericUnderscores
@@ -71,7 +78,19 @@
 -- >>> putStrLn (Bytes.toLatinString (Bytes.fromByteArray (encode128 octillion)))
 -- 1IdHllabYuAOlNK4
 encode128 :: Word128 -> ByteArray
+{-# inline encode128 #-}
 encode128 = Builder.run Nat.constant . builder128
+
+-- | Base62 encode a 128-bit word as @ShortText@.
+shortText128 :: Word128 -> ShortText
+{-# inline shortText128 #-}
+shortText128 !w = case encode128 w of
+  ByteArray x -> TS.fromShortByteStringUnsafe (SBS x)
+
+-- | Base62 encode a 128-bit word as @Text@.
+text128 :: Word128 -> Text
+{-# inline text128 #-}
+text128 = TS.toText . shortText128
 
 -- | Base62 encode a 128-bit word as a builder.
 builder128 :: Word128 -> Builder 22