diff --git a/fb.cabal b/fb.cabal
--- a/fb.cabal
+++ b/fb.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:              fb
-version:           0.14.11
+version:           0.15.0
 license:           BSD3
 license-file:      LICENSE
 author:            Felipe Lessa
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       base                 >= 4       && < 5
     , lifted-base          >= 0.1     && < 0.3
     , bytestring           >= 0.9     && < 0.11
-    , text                 == 0.11.*
+    , text                 >= 0.11    && < 1.2
     , transformers         >= 0.2     && < 0.4
     , transformers-base
     , monad-control
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@
     , conduit              == 1.0.*
     , data-default
     , http-types
-    , http-conduit         == 1.9.*
-    , attoparsec           == 0.10.*
+    , http-conduit         == 2.0.*
+    , attoparsec           == 0.11.*
     , attoparsec-conduit   == 1.0.*
     , unordered-containers
-    , aeson                >= 0.5     && < 0.7
+    , aeson                >= 0.5     && < 0.8
     , base16-bytestring    >= 0.1
     , base64-bytestring    >= 0.1.1
     , time                 >= 1.2     && < 1.5
     , old-locale
     , cereal               >= 0.3     && < 0.5
-    , crypto-api           >= 0.11    && < 0.13
+    , crypto-api           >= 0.11    && < 0.14
     , cryptohash           >= 0.7
     , cryptohash-cryptoapi == 0.1.*
     , monad-logger         >= 0.3
diff --git a/src/Facebook/Base.hs b/src/Facebook/Base.hs
--- a/src/Facebook/Base.hs
+++ b/src/Facebook/Base.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import Control.Monad (mzero)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO)
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
+import Data.Default (def)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 
@@ -44,27 +45,27 @@
 
 
 -- | A plain 'H.Request' to a Facebook API.  Use this instead of
--- 'H.def' when creating new 'H.Request'@s@ for Facebook.
+-- 'def' when creating new 'H.Request'@s@ for Facebook.
 fbreq :: Monad m =>
          Text                        -- ^ Path.
       -> Maybe (AccessToken anyKind) -- ^ Access token.
       -> HT.SimpleQuery              -- ^ Parameters.
-      -> FacebookT anyAuth m (H.Request n)
+      -> FacebookT anyAuth m H.Request
 fbreq path mtoken query =
     withTier $ \tier ->
       let host = case tier of
                    Production -> "graph.facebook.com"
                    Beta ->  "graph.beta.facebook.com"
-      in H.def { H.secure        = True
-               , H.host          = host
-               , H.port          = 443
-               , H.path          = TE.encodeUtf8 path
-               , H.redirectCount = 3
-               , H.queryString   =
-                   HT.renderSimpleQuery False $
-                   maybe id tsq mtoken query
-               , H.responseTimeout = Just 120000000 -- 2 minutes
-               }
+      in def { H.secure        = True
+             , H.host          = host
+             , H.port          = 443
+             , H.path          = TE.encodeUtf8 path
+             , H.redirectCount = 3
+             , H.queryString   =
+                 HT.renderSimpleQuery False $
+                 maybe id tsq mtoken query
+             , H.responseTimeout = Just 120000000 -- 2 minutes
+             }
 
 
 -- | Internal class for types that may be passed on queries to
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
 -- | Same as 'H.http', but tries to parse errors and throw
 -- meaningful 'FacebookException'@s@.
 fbhttp :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, C.MonadResource m) =>
-          H.Request m
+          H.Request
        -> FacebookT anyAuth m (H.Response (C.ResumableSource m ByteString))
 fbhttp req = do
   manager <- getManager
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@
 
 fbhttpHelper :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, C.MonadResource m) =>
                 H.Manager
-             -> H.Request m
+             -> H.Request
              -> m (H.Response (C.ResumableSource m ByteString))
 fbhttpHelper manager req = do
   let req' = req { H.checkStatus = \_ _ _ -> Nothing }
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
 -- | Send a @HEAD@ request just to see if the resposne status
 -- code is 2XX (returns @True@) or not (returns @False@).
 httpCheck :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, C.MonadResource m) =>
-             H.Request (C.ResourceT m)
+             H.Request
           -> FacebookT anyAuth m Bool
 
 httpCheck req = runResourceInFb $ do
diff --git a/src/Facebook/RealTime.hs b/src/Facebook/RealTime.hs
--- a/src/Facebook/RealTime.hs
+++ b/src/Facebook/RealTime.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import Crypto.Hash.CryptoAPI (SHA1)
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
 import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 
 import qualified Crypto.Classes as Crypto
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
     RealTimeUpdateSubscription
       <$> v A..: "object"
       <*> v A..: "callback_url"
-      <*> v A..: "fields"
+      <*> fmap (map encodeUtf8) (v A..: "fields")
       <*> v A..: "active"
   parseJSON _ = mzero
 
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@
   parseJSON (A.Object v) =
     RealTimeUpdateNotificationUserEntry
       <$> v A..: "uid"
-      <*> v A..: "changed_fields"
+      <*> fmap (map encodeUtf8) (v A..: "changed_fields")
       <*> v A..: "time"
+
   parseJSON _ = mzero