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: 2.3.8
+version: 2.3.9
 build-type: Simple
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   .
   Release history:
   .
+  [Version 2.3.9] Update bounds on the requirement on the "text" library.
+  .
   [Version 2.3.8] Upgrade bundled SQLite3 to 3.8.1.
   .
   [Version 2.3.7] Fix a test failure related to 64-bit math on column indices.
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@
   include-dirs: .
   build-depends: base >= 4.1 && < 5,
                  bytestring >= 0.9.2.1 && < 1,
-                 text >= 0.11 && < 1
+                 text >= 0.11 && < 1.2
   ghc-options: -Wall -fwarn-tabs
   default-language: Haskell2010