diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 0.8.0.2 - 2019-04-02
+
+* Tighten lower version bound for base ([#46](https://github.com/haskell/ghc-events/pull/46))
+
 ## 0.8.0.1 - 2018-10-22
 
 * Relax upper version bound for base to support GHC 8.6
diff --git a/ghc-events.cabal b/ghc-events.cabal
--- a/ghc-events.cabal
+++ b/ghc-events.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:             ghc-events
-version:          0.8.0.1
+version:          0.8.0.2
 synopsis:         Library and tool for parsing .eventlog files from GHC
 description:      Parses .eventlog files emitted by GHC 6.12.1 and later.
                   Includes the ghc-events tool permitting, in particular,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                   GHC == 8.0.2
                   GHC == 8.2.2
                   GHC == 8.4.4
-                  GHC == 8.6.1
+                  GHC == 8.6.4
 cabal-version:    >= 1.8
 extra-source-files: include/EventLogFormat.h
                     test/queens-ghc-6.12.1.eventlog
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   location: git@github.com:haskell/ghc-events.git
 
 library
-  build-depends:    base       >= 4 && < 4.13,
+  build-depends:    base       >= 4.7 && < 4.13,
                     containers >= 0.5 && < 0.7,
                     binary     >= 0.7 && < 0.11,
                     bytestring >= 0.10.4,