diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+## 0.21.2.0 (2021-01-10)
+
+* Cabal-version upgraded to 2.0.
+* Dropped GHC 8.0 support.
+
 ## 0.21.1.1 (2019-05-01)
 
 * Added `Show` instance for `Text` (#453).
diff --git a/fay-base.cabal b/fay-base.cabal
--- a/fay-base.cabal
+++ b/fay-base.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+cabal-version:       2.0
 name:                fay-base
-version:             0.21.1.1
+version:             0.21.2.0
 synopsis:            The base package for Fay.
 description:         The base package for Fay.
                      This package amongst others exports Prelude and FFI which you probably want to use with Fay.
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
 copyright:           2012 Chris Done
 category:            Development, Fay
 build-type:          Simple
-cabal-version:       >=1.8
 extra-source-files:
   LICENSE
   README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   location: https://github.com/faylang/fay.git
 
 library
+  default-language:  Haskell2010
   hs-source-dirs:    src
   exposed:           False
   exposed-modules: