diff --git a/cassy.cabal b/cassy.cabal
--- a/cassy.cabal
+++ b/cassy.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                cassy
-Version:             0.5.1.0
+Version:             0.5.2
 Synopsis:            A high level driver for the Cassandra datastore
 License:             BSD3
 License-file:        LICENSE
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     , async
     , errors
     , MonadCatchIO-transformers >= 0.3
-    , retry
+    , retry < 0.3
     , conduit >= 0.5
 
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     , data-default
     , errors
     , MonadCatchIO-transformers >= 0.3
-    , retry
+    , retry < 0.3
 
     , test-framework >= 0.6
     , test-framework-quickcheck2 >= 0.2.12.2