diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for general-allocate
 
+## 0.2.3.1 -- 2024-01-12
+
+* Relax `base` bound for GHC 9.6
+
 ## 0.2.3.0 -- 2024-01-12
 
 * `MonadWith` instance for `CatchT`
diff --git a/general-allocate.cabal b/general-allocate.cabal
--- a/general-allocate.cabal
+++ b/general-allocate.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               general-allocate
-version:            0.2.3.0
+version:            0.2.3.1
 license:            Apache-2.0
 license-file:       LICENSE
 author:             Shea Levy
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     Data.Exceptable
 
   build-depends:
-    , base             ^>= { 4.14, 4.16, 4.17, 4.19 }
+    , base             ^>= { 4.14, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 }
     , containers       ^>= { 0.6, 0.7 }
     , mtl              ^>= { 2.2, 2.3 }
     , primitive        ^>= { 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 }