diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.2.16
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* Increased the upper-bound of `aeson` to < 1.2.
+
 ## 1.2.15
 
 * Increased the upper-bound of `aeson`, `vector` and `websockets`.
diff --git a/engine-io.cabal b/engine-io.cabal
--- a/engine-io.cabal
+++ b/engine-io.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: engine-io
-version: 1.2.15
+version: 1.2.16
 synopsis: A Haskell implementation of Engine.IO
 homepage: http://github.com/ocharles/engine.io
 license: BSD3
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    RankNTypes, OverloadedStrings, RecordWildCards
 
   build-depends:
-    aeson >=0.7 && <1.2,
+    aeson >=0.7 && <1.3,
     async >=2.0 && <2.2,
     attoparsec >=0.11 && <0.14,
     base >=4.6 && <4.10,