diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.17.3
+### Changed
+- Reduce minimum version of text package dependency.
+
 ## 0.17.2
 ### Changed
 - Update lists of seeds for all networks.
diff --git a/haskoin-core.cabal b/haskoin-core.cabal
--- a/haskoin-core.cabal
+++ b/haskoin-core.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: d80c4ed7bf2a0b94d0a98da32652f276e71a29a441c88dd6aed518289433cfb2
+-- hash: c44a29e192f403c6cdbdf31c04928ef363a29f54ea580363b250f3fbcc503ba1
 
 name:           haskoin-core
-version:        0.17.2
+version:        0.17.3
 synopsis:       Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash library for Haskell
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/haskoin/haskoin-core#readme>
 category:       Bitcoin, Finance, Network
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     , secp256k1-haskell >=0.4.0
     , split >=0.2.3.3
     , string-conversions >=0.4.0.1
-    , text >=1.2.4.0
+    , text >=1.2.3.0
     , time >=1.9.3
     , transformers >=0.5.6.2
     , unordered-containers >=0.2.10.0
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     , deepseq >=1.4.4.0
     , entropy >=0.4.1.5
     , hashable >=1.3.0.0
-    , haskoin-core ==0.17.2
+    , haskoin-core
     , hspec >=2.7.1
     , lens >=4.18.1
     , lens-aeson >=1.1
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     , secp256k1-haskell >=0.4.0
     , split >=0.2.3.3
     , string-conversions >=0.4.0.1
-    , text >=1.2.4.0
+    , text >=1.2.3.0
     , time >=1.9.3
     , transformers >=0.5.6.2
     , unordered-containers >=0.2.10.0
