diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,151 +1,172 @@
 # This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
 #
-#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs '-o' '.travis.yml' '--ghc-head' '--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens' '--no-no-tests-no-bench' '--no-unconstrained' 'cabal.project'
+#   haskell-ci '--output=.travis.yml' '--config=cabal.haskell-ci' 'cabal.project'
 #
-# For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+# For more information, see https://github.com/haskell-CI/haskell-ci
 #
+# version: 0.3.20190429
+#
 language: c
-sudo: false
-
+dist: xenial
 git:
-  submodules: false  # whether to recursively clone submodules
-
+  # whether to recursively clone submodules
+  submodules: false
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
+      - irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens
     skip_join: true
     template:
-      - "\x0313bytes\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
-
+      - "\"\\x0313bytes\\x03/\\x0306%{branch}\\x03 \\x0314%{commit}\\x03 %{build_url} %{message}\""
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.cabal/packages
     - $HOME/.cabal/store
-
 before_cache:
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
   # remove files that are regenerated by 'cabal update'
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.*
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/*.json
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.cache
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
-
-  - rm -rfv $HOME/.cabal/packages/head.hackage
-
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.*
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/*.json
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.cache
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
+  - rm -rfv $CABALHOME/packages/head.hackage
 matrix:
   include:
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+    - compiler: ghc-8.8.1
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.8.1","cabal-install-3.0"]}}
       env: GHCHEAD=true
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.6.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.3"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.4.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.2.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.10.3"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.8.4"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.6.3"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.4.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+    - compiler: ghc-8.6.5
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.6.5","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-8.4.4
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.4.4","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-8.2.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.2.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-8.0.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.0.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.10.3
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.10.3","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.8.4
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.8.4","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.6.3
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.6.3","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.4.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.4.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-head
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-head","cabal-install-head"]}}
       env: GHCHEAD=true
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-head], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
   allow_failures:
-    - compiler: "ghc-head"
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
-
+    - compiler: ghc-head
+    - compiler: ghc-8.8.1
 before_install:
-  - HC=${CC}
-  - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
+  - HC=$(echo "/opt/$CC/bin/ghc" | sed 's/-/\//')
+  - HCPKG="$HC-pkg"
   - unset CC
-  - ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
-  - mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
-  - "PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"
+  - CABAL=/opt/ghc/bin/cabal
+  - CABALHOME=$HOME/.cabal
+  - export PATH="$CABALHOME/bin:$PATH"
+  - TOP=$(pwd)
   - HCNUMVER=$(( $(${HC} --numeric-version|sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1 * 10000 + \2 * 100 + \3/') ))
   - echo $HCNUMVER
-
+  - CABAL="$CABAL -vnormal+nowrap+markoutput"
+  - set -o pipefail
+  - |
+    echo 'function blue(s) { printf "\033[0;34m" s "\033[0m " }'           >> .colorful.awk
+    echo 'BEGIN { state = "output"; }'                                     >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '/^-----BEGIN CABAL OUTPUT-----$/ { state = "cabal" }'            >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '/^-----END CABAL OUTPUT-----$/ { state = "output" }'             >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '!/^(-----BEGIN CABAL OUTPUT-----|-----END CABAL OUTPUT-----)/ {' >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '  if (state == "cabal") {'                                       >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '    print blue($0)'                                              >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '  } else {'                                                      >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '    print $0'                                                    >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '  }'                                                             >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '}'                                                               >> .colorful.awk
+  - cat .colorful.awk
+  - |
+    color_cabal_output () {
+      awk -f $TOP/.colorful.awk
+    }
+  - echo text | color_cabal_output
 install:
-  - cabal --version
+  - ${CABAL} --version
   - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
-  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
-  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
-  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
-  - UNCONSTRAINED=${UNCONSTRAINED-true}
-  - NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS=${NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS-false}
+  - TEST=--enable-tests
+  - BENCH=--enable-benchmarks
   - GHCHEAD=${GHCHEAD-false}
-  - travis_retry cabal update -v
-  - "sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config"
-  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local
-  # Overlay Hackage Package Index for GHC HEAD: https://github.com/hvr/head.hackage
+  - rm -f $CABALHOME/config
   - |
+    echo "verbose: normal +nowrap +markoutput"          >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "remote-build-reporting: anonymous"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "remote-repo-cache: $CABALHOME/packages"       >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "logs-dir:          $CABALHOME/logs"           >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "world-file:        $CABALHOME/world"          >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "extra-prog-path:   $CABALHOME/bin"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "symlink-bindir:    $CABALHOME/bin"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "installdir:        $CABALHOME/bin"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "build-summary:     $CABALHOME/logs/build.log" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "store-dir:         $CABALHOME/store"          >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "install-dirs user"                            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "  prefix: $CABALHOME"                         >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "repository hackage.haskell.org"               >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "  url: http://hackage.haskell.org/"           >> $CABALHOME/config
+  - |
     if $GHCHEAD; then
-      sed -i 's/-- allow-newer: .*/allow-newer: *:base/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do pkg=$(echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//'); sed -i "s/allow-newer: /allow-newer: *:$pkg, /" ${HOME}/.cabal/config; done
-
-      echo 'repository head.hackage'                                                        >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/'                                       >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   secure: True'                                                                >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   key-threshold: 3'                                                            >> ${HOME}/.cabal.config
-
-      grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
-
-      cabal new-update head.hackage -v
+    echo "allow-newer: $($HCPKG list --simple-output | sed -E 's/([a-zA-Z-]+)-[0-9.]+/*:\1/g')" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    
+    echo "repository head.hackage"                                                        >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/"                                       >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   secure: True"                                                                >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   key-threshold: 3"                                                            >> $CABALHOME/config
     fi
-  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
-  - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\n' > cabal.project"
-  - touch cabal.project.local
-  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat $CABALHOME/config
+  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local cabal.project.freeze
+  - travis_retry ${CABAL} v2-update -v
+  # Generate cabal.project
+  - rm -rf cabal.project cabal.project.local cabal.project.freeze
+  - touch cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo 'packages: "."' >> cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo "write-ghc-environment-files: always" >> cabal.project
+  - "for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//' | (grep -vE -- '^(bytes)$' || true) | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done"
   - cat cabal.project || true
   - cat cabal.project.local || true
-  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
-      (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
-    fi
-  - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
-  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
-  - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* "."/dist
-  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
-
-# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
-# any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
+  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then (cd "." && autoreconf -i); fi
+  - ${CABAL} v2-freeze -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} | color_cabal_output
+  - "cat cabal.project.freeze | sed -E 's/^(constraints: *| *)//' | sed 's/any.//'"
+  - rm  cabal.project.freeze
+  - ${CABAL} v2-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --dep -j2 all | color_cabal_output
 script:
-  # test that source-distributions can be generated
-  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
-  - mv "."/dist/bytes-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
+  # Packaging...
+  - ${CABAL} v2-sdist all | color_cabal_output
+  # Unpacking...
+  - mv dist-newstyle/sdist/*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
   - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
   - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
-  - "printf 'packages: bytes-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
-  - touch cabal.project.local
-  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  # Generate cabal.project
+  - rm -rf cabal.project cabal.project.local cabal.project.freeze
+  - touch cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo 'packages: "bytes-*/*.cabal"' >> cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo "write-ghc-environment-files: always" >> cabal.project
+  - "for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//' | (grep -vE -- '^(bytes)$' || true) | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done"
   - cat cabal.project || true
   - cat cabal.project.local || true
-
+  # Building with tests and benchmarks...
   # build & run tests, build benchmarks
-  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
-  - if [ "x$TEST" = "x--enable-tests" ]; then cabal new-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; fi
-
-  # cabal check
-  - (cd bytes-* && cabal check)
-
-  # haddock
-  - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
-  - if $HADDOCK; then cabal new-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; else echo "Skipping haddock generation";fi
+  - ${CABAL} v2-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all | color_cabal_output
+  # Testing...
+  - ${CABAL} v2-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all | color_cabal_output
+  # cabal check...
+  - (cd bytes-* && ${CABAL} -vnormal check)
+  # haddock...
+  - ${CABAL} v2-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all | color_cabal_output
 
-# REGENDATA ["-o",".travis.yml","--ghc-head","--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens","--no-no-tests-no-bench","--no-unconstrained","cabal.project"]
+# REGENDATA ["--output=.travis.yml","--config=cabal.haskell-ci","cabal.project"]
 # EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.16 [2019.08.27]
+-----------------
+* Support GHC-8.8.
+* `MonadGet` now requires `MonadFail` as a superclass.
+
 0.15.5 [2018.07.03]
 -------------------
 * Add `Serial(1)` instances for `NonEmpty`.
diff --git a/bytes.cabal b/bytes.cabal
--- a/bytes.cabal
+++ b/bytes.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          bytes
 category:      Data, Serialization
-version:       0.15.5
+version:       0.16
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
              , GHC == 7.10.3
              , GHC == 8.0.2
              , GHC == 8.2.2
-             , GHC == 8.4.3
-             , GHC == 8.6.1
+             , GHC == 8.4.4
+             , GHC == 8.6.5
+             , GHC == 8.8.1
 synopsis:      Sharing code for serialization between binary and cereal
 description:   Sharing code for serialization between binary and cereal.
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
   manual: True
 
 custom-setup
-  -- any should do
+  -- any Cabal should do
   setup-depends:
     base          >= 4.5 && <5,
     Cabal         >= 1.14,
@@ -56,16 +57,17 @@
 library
   build-depends:
     base                      >= 4.5      && < 5,
-    binary                    >= 0.5.1    && < 0.9,
+    binary                    >= 0.5.1    && < 0.8.8,
+    binary-orphans            >= 1.0.1    && < 1.1,
     bytestring                >= 0.9      && < 0.11,
-    cereal                    >= 0.3.5    && < 0.6,
+    cereal                    >= 0.5.2    && < 0.6,
     containers                >= 0.3      && < 1,
     hashable                  >= 1.0.1.1  && < 1.4,
     mtl                       >= 2.0      && < 2.3,
     text                      >= 0.2      && < 1.3,
-    time                      >= 1.2      && < 1.9,
+    time                      >= 1.2      && < 1.10,
     transformers              >= 0.2      && < 0.6,
-    transformers-compat       >= 0.3      && < 1,
+    transformers-compat       >= 0.6.5    && < 1,
     unordered-containers      >= 0.2      && < 0.3,
     scientific                >= 0.0      && < 1,
     void                      >= 0.6      && < 1
@@ -73,8 +75,9 @@
   if impl(ghc >= 7.4 && < 7.6)
     build-depends: ghc-prim
 
-  if impl(ghc < 8.0)
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
     build-depends: semigroups >= 0.5      && < 1
+                 , fail       >= 4.9.0.0  && < 4.10
 
   exposed-modules:
     Data.Bytes.Get
diff --git a/src/Data/Bytes/Get.hs b/src/Data/Bytes/Get.hs
--- a/src/Data/Bytes/Get.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Bytes/Get.hs
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@
 import qualified Data.Serialize.Get as S
 import Data.Word
 
-class (Integral (Remaining m), Monad m, Applicative m) => MonadGet m where
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Instances ()
+import Data.Binary.Orphans ()
+import qualified Control.Monad.Fail as Fail
+
+class (Integral (Remaining m), Fail.MonadFail m, Applicative m) => MonadGet m where
   -- | An 'Integral' number type used for unchecked skips and counting.
   type Remaining m :: *
 
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@
   {-# INLINE lookAheadE #-}
   ensure n = do
     bs <- lookAhead $ getByteString n
-    unless (Strict.length bs >= n) $ fail "ensure: Required more bytes"
+    unless (Strict.length bs >= n) $ Fail.fail "ensure: Required more bytes"
     return bs
   {-# INLINE ensure #-}
   getBytes = B.getByteString
diff --git a/src/Data/Bytes/Serial.hs b/src/Data/Bytes/Serial.hs
--- a/src/Data/Bytes/Serial.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Bytes/Serial.hs
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
-#if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 704
+#if defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__)
+# if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 704
 {-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
+# endif
+# if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+{-# LANGUAGE EmptyCase #-}
+# endif
 #endif
 #ifndef MIN_VERSION_base
 #define MIN_VERSION_base(x,y,z) 1
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@
 
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Monad
+import qualified Control.Monad.Fail as MonadFail
 import qualified Data.Foldable as F
 import Data.Bytes.Get
 import Data.Bytes.Put
@@ -274,7 +280,7 @@
 restore = do
   let required = sizeOf (undefined :: a)
   PS fp o n <- getByteString required
-  unless (n >= required) $ fail "restore: Required more bytes"
+  unless (n >= required) $ MonadFail.fail "restore: Required more bytes"
   return $ unsafePerformIO $ withForeignPtr fp $ \p -> peekByteOff p o
 
 instance Serial Double where
@@ -337,7 +343,7 @@
 
 instance Serial Void where
   serialize = absurd
-  deserialize = fail "I looked into the void."
+  deserialize = MonadFail.fail "I looked into the void."
 
 instance Serial ISet.IntSet where
   serialize = serialize . ISet.toAscList
@@ -594,8 +600,13 @@
   gdeserialize = return U1
 
 instance GSerial V1 where
-  gserialize _ = fail "I looked into the void."
-  gdeserialize = fail "I looked into the void."
+  gserialize x =
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+    case x of {}
+#else
+    x `seq` error "I looked into the void."
+#endif
+  gdeserialize = MonadFail.fail "I looked into the void."
 
 instance (GSerial f, GSerial g) => GSerial (f :*: g) where
   gserialize (f :*: g) = do
@@ -609,7 +620,7 @@
   gdeserialize = getWord8 >>= \a -> case a of
     0 -> liftM L1 gdeserialize
     1 -> liftM R1 gdeserialize
-    _ -> fail "Missing case"
+    _ -> MonadFail.fail "Missing case"
 
 instance GSerial f => GSerial (M1 i c f) where
   gserialize (M1 x) = gserialize x
@@ -772,8 +783,13 @@
   gdeserializeWith _  = return U1
 
 instance GSerial1 V1 where
-  gserializeWith _   = fail "I looked into the void."
-  gdeserializeWith _ = fail "I looked into the void."
+  gserializeWith _ x =
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
+    case x of {}
+#else
+    x `seq` error "I looked into the void."
+#endif
+  gdeserializeWith _ = MonadFail.fail "I looked into the void."
 
 instance (GSerial1 f, GSerial1 g) => GSerial1 (f :*: g) where
   gserializeWith f (a :*: b) = gserializeWith f a >> gserializeWith f b
@@ -785,7 +801,7 @@
   gdeserializeWith m = getWord8 >>= \a -> case a of
     0 -> liftM L1 (gdeserializeWith m)
     1 -> liftM R1 (gdeserializeWith m)
-    _ -> fail "Missing case"
+    _ -> MonadFail.fail "Missing case"
 
 instance (Serial1 f, GSerial1 g) => GSerial1 (f :.: g) where
   gserializeWith f (Comp1 m) = serializeWith (gserializeWith f) m
@@ -821,7 +837,7 @@
   deserializeWith2 m n = getWord8 >>= \a -> case a of
     0 -> liftM Left m
     1 -> liftM Right n
-    _ -> fail "Missing case"
+    _ -> MonadFail.fail "Missing case"
 
 instance Serial2 (,) where
   serializeWith2 f g (a, b) = f a >> g b
