diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.1.0.1 (18 March 2014)
+-----------------------
+
+    - Allow `optparse-applicative-0.8`
+
 1.1 (8 March 2014)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/diagrams-cairo.cabal b/diagrams-cairo.cabal
--- a/diagrams-cairo.cabal
+++ b/diagrams-cairo.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                diagrams-cairo
-Version:             1.1
+Version:             1.1.0.1
 Synopsis:            Cairo backend for diagrams drawing EDSL
 Description:         A full-featured backend for rendering
                      diagrams using the cairo rendering engine.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                        JuicyPixels >= 3.1.3.2 && < 3.2,
                        vector >= 0.10.0 && < 0.11,
                        bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11,
-                       optparse-applicative >= 0.7 && < 0.8,
+                       optparse-applicative >= 0.7 && < 0.9,
                        hashable >= 1.1 && < 1.3
   if impl(ghc < 7.6)
     Build-depends: ghc-prim