diff --git a/gi-cairo-render.cabal b/gi-cairo-render.cabal
--- a/gi-cairo-render.cabal
+++ b/gi-cairo-render.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           gi-cairo-render
-Version:        0.1.1
+Version:        0.1.2
 License:        BSD3
 License-file:   LICENSE
 Copyright:      (c) 2018 Kilian Kilger, (c) 2001-2010 The Gtk2Hs Team, (c) Paolo Martini 2005, (c) Abraham Egnor 2003, 2004, (c) Aetion Technologies LLC 2004
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 Library
         build-depends:    base >= 4 && < 5,
                           utf8-string >= 0.2 && < 1.1,
-                          text >= 1.0.0.0 && < 1.3,
+                          text >= 1.0.0.0 && < 3,
                           haskell-gi-base >= 0.24 && <0.27,
                           bytestring >= 0.10, 
                           mtl >= 2.2,