diff --git a/Database/Groundhog/TH.hs b/Database/Groundhog/TH.hs
--- a/Database/Groundhog/TH.hs
+++ b/Database/Groundhog/TH.hs
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Quote
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Control.Monad (forM, forM_, when, unless, liftM2)
-import Data.ByteString.UTF8 (fromString)
 import Data.Char (isUpper, isLower, isSpace, isDigit, toUpper, toLower)
 import Data.List (nub, (\\))
 import Data.Maybe (catMaybes, fromMaybe, isJust, isNothing)
+import Data.String
+import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
 import Data.Yaml as Y(decodeHelper, ParseException(..))
 import qualified Text.Libyaml as Y
 
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@
 
 parseDefinitions :: String -> Q Exp
 parseDefinitions s = do
-  result <- runIO $ decodeHelper (Y.decode $ fromString s)
+  result <- runIO $ decodeHelper (Y.decode $ encodeUtf8 $ fromString s)
   case result of
     Left err -> case err of
       InvalidYaml (Just (Y.YamlParseException problem context mark)) -> fail $ unlines
diff --git a/groundhog-th.cabal b/groundhog-th.cabal
--- a/groundhog-th.cabal
+++ b/groundhog-th.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            groundhog-th
-version:         0.4.0.3
+version:         0.4.2
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Boris Lykah <lykahb@gmail.com>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
                    , time                     >= 1.1.4
                    , containers               >= 0.2
                    , yaml                     >= 0.8.1
-                   , utf8-string              >= 0.3       && < 0.4
+                   , text                     >= 0.8
     exposed-modules: Database.Groundhog.TH
                      Database.Groundhog.TH.Settings
                      Database.Groundhog.TH.CodeGen