diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Revision history for distribution-nixpkgs
 
+## 1.6.2
+
+* Expect `MonadFailDesugaring` (or equivalent behavior) to be the default,
+  requiring GHC >= 8.6.1. Adds support for GHC 9.2.1 (rc1).
+
 ## 1.6.1
 
 * `Distribution.Nixpkgs.Meta`: support `aarch64-darwin`
diff --git a/distribution-nixpkgs.cabal b/distribution-nixpkgs.cabal
--- a/distribution-nixpkgs.cabal
+++ b/distribution-nixpkgs.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:          distribution-nixpkgs
-version:       1.6.1
+version:       1.6.2
 synopsis:      Types and functions to manipulate the Nixpkgs distribution
 description:   Types and functions to represent, query, and manipulate the Nixpkgs distribution.
 license:       BSD3
@@ -54,6 +54,5 @@
   hs-source-dirs:     test
   build-depends:      base, deepseq, distribution-nixpkgs, hspec, lens
   default-language:   Haskell2010
-  default-extensions: MonadFailDesugaring
   ghc-options:        -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wincomplete-record-updates
                       -Wredundant-constraints