diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ## MASTER
+## Dotenv 0.11.0.2
+### Modified
+* Allow optparse-applicative 0.18
+
 ## Dotenv 0.11.0.1
 ### Modified
 * Export internal module `Configuration.Dotenv.Internal` which exports all
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,27 @@
 postgres://myusername@localhost/database
 ```
 
+### Surrond with quotes
+
+If your value starts with a character that produces a parse error (e.g. `{`) . Surround your value
+with quotes. You can also escape the quotes if they're inside your value. For example:
+
+```
+JSON_SQ='{"a":[1,2,3], "b": "\'asdf\'"}'
+JSON_DQ="{\"a\":[1,2,3], \"b\": \"'asdf'\"}"
+```
+
+Run it:
+
+```
+$ dotenv "echo $JSON_SQ" | jq .a
+[
+  1,
+  2,
+  3
+]
+```
+
 ### Configuration
 
 The first argument to `loadFile` specifies the configuration. You can use
diff --git a/dotenv.cabal b/dotenv.cabal
--- a/dotenv.cabal
+++ b/dotenv.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                dotenv
-version:             0.11.0.1
+version:             0.11.0.2
 synopsis:            Loads environment variables from dotenv files
 homepage:            https://github.com/stackbuilders/dotenv-hs
 description:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   build-depends:         base >= 4.9 && < 5.0
                        , base-compat >= 0.4
                        , dotenv
-                       , optparse-applicative >= 0.11 && < 0.18
+                       , optparse-applicative >= 0.11 && < 0.19
                        , megaparsec
                        , process
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