diff --git a/filecache.cabal b/filecache.cabal
--- a/filecache.cabal
+++ b/filecache.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                filecache
-version:             0.2.7
+version:             0.2.8
 synopsis:            A Linux-only cache system associating values to files.
 description:         A Linux-only cache system, that works by associating computation results with file names. When the files are modified, the cache entries are discarded.
 homepage:            http://lpuppet.banquise.net/
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
                      , strict-base-types    >= 0.2.2
                      , mtl                  >= 2.1   && < 2.3
                      , lens                 >= 3.9 && < 5
-                     , exceptions           == 0.6.*
+                     , exceptions           == 0.8.*
                      , stm