diff --git a/System/Directory.hs b/System/Directory.hs
--- a/System/Directory.hs
+++ b/System/Directory.hs
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@
 -- Unlike other removal functions, this function will also attempt to delete
 -- files marked as read-only or otherwise made unremovable due to permissions.
 -- As a result, if the removal is incomplete, the permissions or attributes on
--- the remaining files may be altered.
+-- the remaining files may be altered.  If there are hard links in the
+-- directory, then permissions on all related hard links may be altered.
 --
 -- If an entry within the directory vanishes while @removePathForcibly@ is
 -- running, it is silently ignored.
@@ -896,7 +897,7 @@
   (`ioeAddLocation` "copyData") `modifyIOError` do
     allocaBytes bufferSize go
   where
-    bufferSize = 1024
+    bufferSize = 131072 -- 128 KiB, as coreutils `cp` uses as of May 2014 (see ioblksize.h)
     go buffer = do
       count <- hGetBuf hFrom buffer bufferSize
       when (count > 0) $ do
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 Changelog for the [`directory`][1] package
 ==========================================
 
+## 1.3.0.2 (February 2017)
+
+  * [optimization] Increase internal buffer size of `copyFile`
+    ([#69](https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/69))
+
+  * Relax `time` version bounds to support 1.8.
+
 ## 1.3.0.1 (January 2017)
 
-  * Relax Win32 version bounds to support 2.5.
+  * Relax `Win32` version bounds to support 2.5.
     ([#67](https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/67))
 
 ## 1.3.0.0 (December 2016)
diff --git a/directory.cabal b/directory.cabal
--- a/directory.cabal
+++ b/directory.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           directory
-version:        1.3.0.1
+version:        1.3.0.2
 -- NOTE: Don't forget to update ./changelog.md
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
     build-depends:
         base     >= 4.5 && < 4.11,
-        time     >= 1.4 && < 1.8,
+        time     >= 1.4 && < 1.9,
         filepath >= 1.3 && < 1.5
     if os(windows)
         build-depends: Win32 >= 2.2.2 && < 2.6