diff --git a/haskmon.cabal b/haskmon.cabal
--- a/haskmon.cabal
+++ b/haskmon.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name:                haskmon
-version:             0.1.1.0
+version:             0.2.0.0
 synopsis:            A haskell wrapper for PokeAPI.co (www.pokeapi.co)
-description:         This is a haskell wrapper for the RESTful api www.pokeapi.co. It defines most of the types and functions to get them.
+description:         This is a haskell wrapper for the RESTful api www.pokeapi.co.
+                     It defines most of the types and functions in the API.
 license:             MIT
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Pedro Rodriguez
@@ -28,15 +29,14 @@
                        Haskmon.Types.MetaData
                        Haskmon.Types.EggGroup
                        Haskmon.Types.Description
-  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8,
-                       http-streams ==0.7.1.1,
-                       bytestring ==0.10.0.2,
-                       io-streams ==1.1.4.2,
-                       aeson ==0.7.*,
-                       time,
-                       vector ==0.10.*,
-                       old-locale == 1.*,
-                       containers ==0.5.5.1
+  build-depends:       base >=4.8 && <4.9,
+                       http-streams >=0.8 && < 0.9,
+                       bytestring >=0.10.0.2 && < 0.11,
+                       io-streams >=1.3 && < 1.4,
+                       aeson >=0.8 && < 0.9,
+                       time >= 1.5 && < 1.6,
+                       vector >=0.10 && < 0.11,
+                       containers >=0.5.5.1 && < 0.6
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
 source-repository head
diff --git a/src/Haskmon/Types/Internals.hs b/src/Haskmon/Types/Internals.hs
--- a/src/Haskmon/Types/Internals.hs
+++ b/src/Haskmon/Types/Internals.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import Data.Time.Clock
 import Data.List(find)
 
-import System.Locale
+import Data.Time.Format (parseTimeOrError)
 
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Monad(mzero)
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                     convert (v .: "modified")
               where convert :: Parser String -> Parser UTCTime
                     convert ps = readTime defaultTimeLocale formatStr <$> ps
+                    readTime = parseTimeOrError True
                     formatStr = "%FT%R:%S%Q"
 
 -- Alias for withObject