diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog for the Clash project
 
-## 1.8.0
+## 1.8.1 *Nov 10th 2023*
+
+* Bump package dependencies to allow inclusion in stackage-nightly
+* Bump package dependencies to allow building on GHC 9.8.1
+
+## 1.8.0 *Nov 10th 2023*
 
 Release highlights:
 
diff --git a/clash-prelude.cabal b/clash-prelude.cabal
--- a/clash-prelude.cabal
+++ b/clash-prelude.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Cabal-version:        2.2
 Name:                 clash-prelude
-Version:              1.8.0
+Version:              1.8.1
 Synopsis:             Clash: a functional hardware description language - Prelude library
 Description:
   Clash is a functional hardware description language that borrows both its
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
                       arrows                    >= 0.4     && < 0.5,
                       base                      >= 4.11    && < 5,
                       binary                    >= 0.8.5   && < 0.11,
-                      bytestring                >= 0.10.8  && < 0.12,
+                      bytestring                >= 0.10.8  && < 0.13,
                       constraints               >= 0.9     && < 1.0,
                       containers                >= 0.4.0   && < 0.7,
                       data-binary-ieee754       >= 0.4.4   && < 0.6,
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@
                       singletons                >= 2.0     && < 3.1,
                       string-interpolate        ^>= 0.3,
                       template-haskell          >= 2.12.0.0 && < 2.22,
-                      th-abstraction            >= 0.2.10 && < 0.6.0,
+                      th-abstraction            >= 0.2.10 && < 0.7.0,
                       th-lift                   >= 0.7.0    && < 0.9,
                       th-orphans                >= 0.13.1   && < 1.0,
-                      text                      >= 0.11.3.1 && < 2.1,
+                      text                      >= 0.11.3.1 && < 2.2,
                       time                      >= 1.8     && < 1.14,
                       transformers              >= 0.5.2.0 && < 0.7,
                       type-errors               >= 0.2.0.0 && < 0.3,
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
       base,
       bytestring,
       deepseq,
-      hedgehog      >= 1.0.3    && < 1.3,
+      hedgehog      >= 1.0.3    && < 1.5,
       hint          >= 0.7      && < 0.10,
       quickcheck-classes-base >= 0.6 && < 1.0,
       tasty         >= 1.2      && < 1.6,
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
     build-depends:
       base,
       clash-prelude,
-      criterion         >= 1.3.0.0 && < 1.6,
+      criterion         >= 1.3.0.0 && < 1.7,
       directory,
       deepseq,
       template-haskell