diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* 3000.11.1.3 (15 January 2016)
+
+  - allow base-compat-0.9
+
 * 3000.11.1.2 (20 September 2015)
 
   - `>` is now escaped as `>` when sending requests. Without this
diff --git a/haxr.cabal b/haxr.cabal
--- a/haxr.cabal
+++ b/haxr.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: haxr
-Version: 3000.11.1.2
+Version: 3000.11.1.3
 Cabal-version: >=1.10
 Build-type: Simple
 Copyright: Bjorn Bringert, 2003-2006
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Library
   Build-depends: base < 5,
-                 base-compat >= 0.8 && < 0.9,
+                 base-compat >= 0.8 && < 0.10,
                  mtl,
                  mtl-compat,
                  network < 2.7,