diff --git a/direct-sqlite.cabal b/direct-sqlite.cabal
--- a/direct-sqlite.cabal
+++ b/direct-sqlite.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: direct-sqlite
-version: 2.2
+version: 2.2.1
 build-type: Simple
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
   .
   Release history:
   .
+  [Version 2.2.1] Bump down text library version to match with the
+  latest Haskell Platform.
+  .
   [Version 2.2] actually does what version 2.1 claimed to, since the author
   made a mistake with git.
   .
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@
   include-dirs: .
   build-depends: base >= 4.1 && < 5,
                  bytestring >= 0.9.2.1 && < 1,
-                 text >= 0.11.2.2 && < 1
+                 text >= 0.11 && < 1
   ghc-options: -Wall -fwarn-tabs
   default-language: Haskell2010