diff --git a/cabal-fix.cabal b/cabal-fix.cabal
--- a/cabal-fix.cabal
+++ b/cabal-fix.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 3.0
 name: cabal-fix
-version: 0.0.0.1
+version: 0.0.0.2
 license: BSD-3-Clause
 license-file: LICENSE
 category: distribution
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     build-depends:
         , Cabal-syntax       >=3.10 && <3.11
         , algebraic-graphs   >=0.7 && <0.8
-        , base               >=4.17 && <5
+        , base               >=4.14 && <5
         , bytestring         >=0.11 && <0.13
         , containers         >=0.6 && <0.8
         , directory          >=1.3 && <1.4
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     main-is: cabal-fix.hs
     hs-source-dirs: app
     build-depends:
-        , base                 >=4.17 && <5
+        , base                 >=4.14 && <5
         , bytestring           >=0.11 && <0.13
         , cabal-fix
         , directory            >=1.3 && <1.4
diff --git a/readme.org b/readme.org
--- a/readme.org
+++ b/readme.org
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 * cabal-fix
 
-[[https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-fixes][https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/cabal-fix.svg]]
-[[https://github.com/tonyday567/cabal-fixes/actions?query=workflow%3Ahaskell-ci][https://github.com/tonyday567/cabal-fix/workflows/haskell-ci/badge.svg]]
+[[https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-fix][https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/cabal-fix.svg]]
+[[https://github.com/tonyday567/cabal-fix/actions?query=workflow%3Ahaskell-ci][https://github.com/tonyday567/cabal-fix/workflows/haskell-ci/badge.svg]]
 
 ~cabal-fix~ helps fix your cabal files. This package:
 
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@
 #+begin_example
 Right (Just [
   -"    build-depends:    base ^>=4.17.2.1",
-  +"    build-depends:    base >=4.17 && <5",
+  +"    build-depends:    base >=4.14 && <5",
   -"    default-language: GHC2021",
   +"    main-is:          Main.hs",
   -"    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0",
   +"    build-depends:",
   -"    hs-source-dirs:   test",
-  +"        base    >=4.17 && <5,",
+  +"        base    >=4.14 && <5,",
   -"    main-is:          Main.hs",
   +"        minimal",
   -"    build-depends:",
@@ -366,13 +366,13 @@
 #+begin_example
 Just [
   -"    build-depends:    base ^>=4.17.2.1",
-  +"    build-depends:    base >=4.17 && <5",
+  +"    build-depends:    base >=4.14 && <5",
   -"    default-language: GHC2021",
   +"    main-is:          Main.hs",
   -"    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0",
   +"    build-depends:",
   -"    hs-source-dirs:   test",
-  +"        base    >=4.17 && <5,",
+  +"        base    >=4.14 && <5,",
   -"    main-is:          Main.hs",
   +"        minimal",
   -"    build-depends:",
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
   -"extra-doc-files:    CHANGELOG.md",
   +"extra-doc-files: CHANGELOG.md",
   -"    build-depends:    base ^>=4.17.2.1",
-  +"    build-depends:    base >=4.17 && <5",
+  +"    build-depends:    base >=4.14 && <5",
   -"    -- Base language which the package is written in.",
   +"    -- The entrypoint to the test suite.",
   -"    default-language: GHC2021",
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
   -"",
   +"    build-depends:",
   -"    -- LANGUAGE extensions used by modules in this package.",
-  +"        base   >=4.17 && <5,",
+  +"        base   >=4.14 && <5,",
   -"    -- other-extensions:",
   +"        simple",
   -"    -- The interface type and version of the test suite.",
diff --git a/src/CabalFix.hs b/src/CabalFix.hs
--- a/src/CabalFix.hs
+++ b/src/CabalFix.hs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 -- If a field list doesn't need commas, then they should be removed.
 --
 -- >>> preferredDeps defaultConfig
--- [("base",">=4.17 && <5")]
+-- [("base",">=4.14 && <5")]
 --
 -- Standard practice compared with the much tighter eg @base ^>=4.17.2.1@
 --
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 -- An opinionated list of preferred builddeps:
 --
 defaultPreferredDeps :: [(ByteString, ByteString)]
-defaultPreferredDeps = [("base", ">=4.17 && <5")]
+defaultPreferredDeps = [("base", ">=4.14 && <5")]
 
 -- | Whether the value part of each field should be vertically aligned on a column.
 data ValueAlignment = ValueAligned | ValueUnaligned deriving (Eq, Show, Read, Generic)
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
 -- | Align dependencies (if depAlignment is DepAligned), remove ranges for any self-dependency, and substitute preferred dependency ranges.
 --
 -- >>> fs & toListOf (section' "test-suite" % each % secFields' % field' "build-depends" % each) & fmap (fixBuildDeps cfg "minimal")
--- [Field (Name [] "build-depends") [FieldLine [] ", base    >=4.17 && <5",FieldLine [] ", minimal"]]
+-- [Field (Name [] "build-depends") [FieldLine [] ", base    >=4.14 && <5",FieldLine [] ", minimal"]]
 fixBuildDeps :: Config -> FieldName -> Field ann -> Field ann
 fixBuildDeps cfg pname f = overField (bool id (over fieldLines' (fixBDLines cfg pname)) (isName "build-depends" f)) f
 
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@
       fieldRemovals = [],
       preferredDeps =
         [ ( "base",
-            ">=4.17 && <5"
+            ">=4.14 && <5"
           )
         ],
       addFields = [],