diff --git a/doctest.cabal b/doctest.cabal
--- a/doctest.cabal
+++ b/doctest.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:             doctest
-version:          0.8.0
+version:          0.8.0.1
 synopsis:         Test interactive Haskell examples
 description:      The doctest program checks examples in source code comments.
                   It is modeled after doctest for Python
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
     , Type
     , Util
   build-depends:
-      base        >= 4.0  && < 4.6
-    , ghc         >= 6.12 && < 7.6
+      base        >= 4.0  && < 4.7
+    , ghc         >= 6.12 && < 7.8
     , syb
     , deepseq
     , directory
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   hs-source-dirs:
       driver
   build-depends:
-      base        >= 4.0  && < 4.6
+      base        >= 4.0  && < 4.7
     , doctest
 
 test-suite spec
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
   hs-source-dirs:
       src, test
   build-depends:
-      base        >= 4.0  && < 4.6
-    , ghc         >= 6.12 && < 7.6
+      base        >= 4.0  && < 4.7
+    , ghc         >= 6.12 && < 7.8
     , syb
     , deepseq
     , directory
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     , transformers
     , HUnit       == 1.2.*
     , hspec       >= 1.3
-    , QuickCheck
+    , QuickCheck  >= 2.5
     , stringbuilder
     , silently
     , filepath
diff --git a/src/Extract.hs b/src/Extract.hs
--- a/src/Extract.hs
+++ b/src/Extract.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, StandaloneDeriving, DeriveFunctor #-}
 module Extract (Module(..), extract) where
 
-import           Prelude hiding (mod, catch)
+import           Prelude hiding (mod)
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Applicative
 import           Control.Exception
diff --git a/src/Run.hs b/src/Run.hs
--- a/src/Run.hs
+++ b/src/Run.hs
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
 #endif
 ) where
 
-import           Prelude hiding (catch)
 import           Data.Monoid
 import           Data.List
 import           Control.Monad (when)
 import           System.Exit (exitFailure)
 import           System.IO
 
-import           Control.Exception
+import qualified Control.Exception as E
 import           Panic
 
 import           Parse
@@ -45,13 +44,13 @@
       when f $ do
         hPutStrLn stderr "WARNING: --optghc is deprecated, doctest now accepts arbitrary GHC options\ndirectly."
         hFlush stderr
-      r <- doctest_ args_ `catch` \e -> do
+      r <- doctest_ args_ `E.catch` \e -> do
         case fromException e of
           Just (UsageError err) -> do
             hPutStrLn stderr ("doctest: " ++ err)
             hPutStrLn stderr "Try `doctest --help' for more information."
             exitFailure
-          _ -> throw e
+          _ -> E.throw e
       when (not $ isSuccess r) exitFailure
 
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