diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+filepath-bytestring (1.4.2.1.5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Allow building with filepath-1.4.2 as well as 1.4.2.1;
+    there are no behavior or API differences between the two versions.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 01 Jan 2020 14:24:18 -0400
+
 filepath-bytestring (1.4.2.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Added splitSearchPath and getSearchPath.
diff --git a/filepath-bytestring.cabal b/filepath-bytestring.cabal
--- a/filepath-bytestring.cabal
+++ b/filepath-bytestring.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:  >= 1.18
 name:           filepath-bytestring
-version:        1.4.2.1.4
--- NOTE: Don't forget to update CHANGELOG and the filepath version below
+version:        1.4.2.1.5
+-- NOTE: Don't forget to update CHANGELOG and the filepath dependency below
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
 author:         Neil Mitchell <ndmitchell@gmail.com>
@@ -73,5 +73,6 @@
         base,
         bytestring,
         QuickCheck >= 2.7 && < 2.14,
-	-- filepath same version as this library, to test equivilance
-        filepath == 1.4.2.1
+	-- Versions of filepath that are equvilant to this
+	-- library, for quickcheck equivilance tests.
+        filepath >= 1.4.2 && <= 1.4.2.1