diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for ghcup
 
+## 0.1.14.2 -- 2021-05-12
+
+* Remove dead dependency on ascii-string
+
 ## 0.1.14.1 -- 2021-04-11
 
 * Make internal symlink target parser more lax, fixes [#119](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/119)
diff --git a/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml b/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
--- a/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
+++ b/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@
               dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/unofficial-bindists/cabal/3.4.0.0/cabal-install-3.4.0.0-armv7-linux-bootstrapped.tar.xz
               dlHash: 16c0d1eaba24bed14f3e152970179a45d9f9bb5cc839b2c210ad06eb7d4826ed
   GHCup:
-    0.1.14.1:
+    0.1.14:
       viTags:
       - Recommended
       - Latest
diff --git a/ghcup.cabal b/ghcup.cabal
--- a/ghcup.cabal
+++ b/ghcup.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   3.0
 name:            ghcup
-version:         0.1.14.1
+version:         0.1.14.2
 license:         LGPL-3.0-only
 license-file:    LICENSE
 copyright:       Julian Ospald 2020
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 author:          Julian Ospald
 homepage:        https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs
 bug-reports:     https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues
-synopsis:        ghc toolchain installer as an exe/library
+synopsis:        ghc toolchain installer
 description:
   A rewrite of the shell script ghcup, for providing
   a more stable user experience and exposing an API.
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 
   build-depends:
     , aeson                 >=1.4        && <1.6
-    , ascii-string          ^>=1.0
     , async                 >=0.8        && <2.3
     , base                  >=4.13       && <5
     , base16-bytestring     >=0.1.1.6    && <1.1