diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for Hedis
 
+## 0.12.3
+
+* Issue #135. Upper the base bound
+
 ## 0.12.2
 
 * PR #134. Fix some asynchronous exception safety problems
diff --git a/hedis.cabal b/hedis.cabal
--- a/hedis.cabal
+++ b/hedis.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               hedis
-version:            0.12.2
+version:            0.12.3
 synopsis:
     Client library for the Redis datastore: supports full command set,
     pipelining.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   exposed-modules:  Database.Redis
   build-depends:    scanner >= 0.2,
                     async >= 2.1,
-                    base >= 4.6 && < 5,
+                    base >= 4.8 && < 5,
                     bytestring >= 0.9,
                     bytestring-lexing >= 0.5,
                     unordered-containers,