diff --git a/data-variant.cabal b/data-variant.cabal
--- a/data-variant.cabal
+++ b/data-variant.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                data-variant
-version:             0.25.2.0
+version:             0.26.0.0
 synopsis:            A variant data type, useful for modeling dynamically-typed programming languages
 description:         Implements a 'variant' data type that can hold the
                      usual suspects: scalars (integers, floats, strings),
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                  ,     Data.Variant.ToFrom
   -- other-modules:       
   -- other-extensions:    
-  build-depends:       base >=4.5 && <4.6
+  build-depends:       base >=4.5 && <5.0
                ,       safe >= 0.3.0 && < 1.0
   -- hs-source-dirs:      
   default-language:    Haskell2010