diff --git a/email-validate.cabal b/email-validate.cabal
--- a/email-validate.cabal
+++ b/email-validate.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           email-validate
-version:        2.1.2
+version:        2.1.3
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
 author:         George Pollard <porges@porg.es>
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 source-repository this
     type: git
     location: git://github.com/Porges/email-validate-hs.git
-    tag: v2.1.2
+    tag: v2.1.3
 
 library
     build-depends:
-        base >= 4 && < 5,
+        base >= 4.4 && < 5,
         attoparsec >= 0.10.0,
         bytestring >= 0.9,
         ghc-prim