diff --git a/Blaze/ByteString/Builder/HTTP.hs b/Blaze/ByteString/Builder/HTTP.hs
--- a/Blaze/ByteString/Builder/HTTP.hs
+++ b/Blaze/ByteString/Builder/HTTP.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 shiftr_w32 :: Word32 -> Int -> Word32
 
 #if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && !defined(__HADDOCK__)
-#if MIN_VERSION_ghc_prim(0,8,0)
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,16,0)
+-- base >= 4.16 proxy for GHC >= 9.2 which fixes ghc-prim >= 0.8
 shiftr_w32 (W32# w) (I# i) = W32# (wordToWord32# ((word32ToWord# w) `uncheckedShiftRL#` i))
 #else
 shiftr_w32 (W32# w) (I# i) = W32# (w `uncheckedShiftRL#`   i)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* 0.4.4.1 2025-08-28
+  - Drop unused dependency `deepseq`
+  - Tested with GHC 8.0 - 9.14 alpha1
+
 * 0.4.4 2025-07-31
   - Optimization:
     `Blaze.ByteString.Builder.Char.Utf8.fromText = Data.Text.Encoding.encodeUtf8Builder`
diff --git a/blaze-builder.cabal b/blaze-builder.cabal
--- a/blaze-builder.cabal
+++ b/blaze-builder.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Cabal-version:       1.18
 Name:                blaze-builder
-Version:             0.4.4
+Version:             0.4.4.1
 Synopsis:            Efficient buffered output.
 
 Description:
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 Build-type:          Simple
 
 Tested-with:
+  GHC == 9.14.1
   GHC == 9.12.2
   GHC == 9.10.2
   GHC == 9.8.4
@@ -84,8 +85,6 @@
   build-depends:
       base       >= 4.9    && < 5
     , bytestring >= 0.10.4 && < 1
-    , deepseq
-    , ghc-prim
     , text       >= 1.1.2  && < 3
 
   ghc-options: