diff --git a/ClassyPrelude.hs b/ClassyPrelude.hs
--- a/ClassyPrelude.hs
+++ b/ClassyPrelude.hs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     , module Control.Monad
       -- ** Mutable references
     , module Control.Concurrent.MVar.Lifted
-    , module Control.Concurrent.STM.Lifted
+    , module Control.Concurrent.STM
+    , atomically
     , module Data.IORef.Lifted
       -- ** Debugging
     , trace
@@ -131,7 +132,8 @@
 import Control.Exception.Enclosed
 import Control.Monad (when, unless, void, liftM, ap, forever, join, sequence, sequence_, replicateM_)
 import Control.Concurrent.MVar.Lifted
-import Control.Concurrent.STM.Lifted
+import Control.Concurrent.STM hiding (atomically)
+import qualified Control.Concurrent.STM as STM
 import Data.IORef.Lifted
 import qualified Data.Monoid as Monoid
 import qualified Data.Traversable as Traversable
@@ -456,3 +458,7 @@
     elem_by :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> a -> [a] -> Bool
     elem_by _  _ []     = False
     elem_by eq y (x:xs) = y `eq` x || elem_by eq y xs
+
+-- | Generalized version of 'STM.atomically'.
+atomically :: MonadIO m => STM a -> m a
+atomically = liftIO . STM.atomically
diff --git a/classy-prelude.cabal b/classy-prelude.cabal
--- a/classy-prelude.cabal
+++ b/classy-prelude.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                classy-prelude
-version:             0.8.3
+version:             0.8.3.1
 synopsis:            A typeclass-based Prelude.
 description:         Focuses on using common typeclasses when possible, and creating new ones to avoid name clashing. Exposes many recommended datastructures (Map, ByteString, etc) directly without requiring long import lists and qualified modules.
 homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/classy-prelude
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                      , chunked-data
                      , enclosed-exceptions
                      , ghc-prim
-                     , stm-lifted
+                     , stm
   ghc-options:         -Wall -fno-warn-orphans
 
 test-suite test