diff --git a/dbus.cabal b/dbus.cabal
--- a/dbus.cabal
+++ b/dbus.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      >=1.10
 name:               dbus
-version:            1.2.23
+version:            1.2.24
 license:            Apache-2.0
 license-file:       license.txt
 maintainer:         Andrey Sverdlichenko <blaze@ruddy.ru>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     default-language: Haskell2010
     ghc-options:      -W -Wall
     build-depends:
-        base ==4.*,
+        base >=4.16 && <5,
         bytestring <0.12,
         cereal <0.6,
         conduit >=1.3.0 && <1.4,
