diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-08-22  Facundo Domínguez <facundo.dominguezy@tweag.io>  0.2.4
+
+* Update dependency bounds to build with ghc-8.2.1.
+
 2016-10-13  Facundo Domínguez <facundo.dominguezy@tweag.io>  0.2.3.3
 
 * Update dependency bounds.
diff --git a/distributed-process-simplelocalnet.cabal b/distributed-process-simplelocalnet.cabal
--- a/distributed-process-simplelocalnet.cabal
+++ b/distributed-process-simplelocalnet.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          distributed-process-simplelocalnet
-Version:       0.2.3.3
+Version:       0.2.4
 Cabal-Version: >=1.8
 Build-Type:    Simple
 License:       BSD3
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
   Build-Depends:     base >= 4.4 && < 5,
                      bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11,
                      network >= 2.3 && < 2.7,
-                     network-multicast >= 0.1.1 && < 0.2,
+                     network-multicast >= 0.1.1 && < 0.3,
                      data-accessor >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
                      binary >= 0.6.3 && < 0.9,
                      containers >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
                      transformers >= 0.2 && < 0.6,
-                     network-transport >= 0.4.1.0 && < 0.5,
-                     network-transport-tcp >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
-                     distributed-process >= 0.5.0 && < 0.7
+                     network-transport >= 0.4.1.0 && < 0.6,
+                     network-transport-tcp >= 0.4 && < 0.7,
+                     distributed-process >= 0.5.0 && < 0.8
   Exposed-modules:   Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet,
                      Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet.Internal.Multicast
   Extensions:        RankNTypes,
@@ -49,18 +49,21 @@
 
 Executable TestSimpleLocalnet
   Main-Is:           TestSimpleLocalnet.hs
+  Other-Modules:
+    Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet
+    Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet.Internal.Multicast
   If flag(build-example)
     Build-Depends:     base >= 4.4 && < 5,
                        bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11,
                        network >= 2.3 && < 2.7,
-                       network-multicast >= 0.0 && < 0.2,
+                       network-multicast >= 0.0 && < 0.3,
                        data-accessor >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
                        binary >= 0.5 && < 0.9,
                        containers >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
                        transformers >= 0.2 && < 0.6,
-                       network-transport >= 0.4.1.0 && < 0.5,
-                       network-transport-tcp >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
-                       distributed-process >= 0.5.0 && < 0.7
+                       network-transport >= 0.4.1.0 && < 0.6,
+                       network-transport-tcp >= 0.4 && < 0.7,
+                       distributed-process >= 0.5.0 && < 0.8
   Else
     Buildable: False
   Extensions:        RankNTypes,
diff --git a/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet.hs b/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet.hs
--- a/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet.hs
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
 -- | Initialize the backend
 initializeBackend :: N.HostName -> N.ServiceName -> RemoteTable -> IO Backend
 initializeBackend host port rtable = do
-  mTransport   <- NT.createTransport host port NT.defaultTCPParameters
+  mTransport   <- NT.createTransport host port (\sn -> (host, sn))
+                                     NT.defaultTCPParameters
   (recv, sendp) <- initMulticast  "224.0.0.99" 9999 1024
   (_, backendState) <- fixIO $ \ ~(tid, _) -> do
     backendState <- newMVar BackendState
diff --git a/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet/Internal/Multicast.hs b/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet/Internal/Multicast.hs
--- a/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet/Internal/Multicast.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Backend/SimpleLocalnet/Internal/Multicast.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 module Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet.Internal.Multicast (initMulticast) where
 
-import Data.Function (on)
 import Data.Map (Map)
 import qualified Data.Map as Map (empty)
 import Data.Binary (Binary, decode, encode)
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Network.Socket (HostName, PortNumber, Socket, SockAddr)
 import qualified Network.Socket.ByteString as NBS (recvFrom, sendManyTo)
-import Network.Transport.Internal (decodeInt32, encodeInt32)
+import Network.Transport.Internal (decodeNum32, encodeEnum32)
 import Network.Multicast (multicastSender, multicastReceiver)
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@
     writer :: forall a. Binary a => Socket -> SockAddr -> a -> IO ()
     writer sock addr val = do
       let bytes = encode val
-          len   = encodeInt32 (BSL.length bytes)
+          len   = encodeEnum32 (BSL.length bytes)
       NBS.sendManyTo sock (len : BSL.toChunks bytes) addr
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@
                -> IO (BSL.ByteString, SockAddr)
 recvWithLength sock st bufferSize = do
   (len, addr) <- recvExact sock 4 st bufferSize
-  let n = decodeInt32 . BSS.concat . BSL.toChunks $ len
+  let n = decodeNum32 . BSS.concat . BSL.toChunks $ len
   bytes <- recvExactFrom addr sock n st bufferSize
   return (bytes, addr)