diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* 0.1.2.2: 10 December 2012
+
+  - Require hackage-db 1.4 to get workaround for tar bug
+    (see https://github.com/peti/hackage-db/commit/21a7cc)
+
 * 0.1.2.1: 22 November 2012
 
   - Bump hackage-db dependency to allow 1.4
diff --git a/highlight-versions.cabal b/highlight-versions.cabal
--- a/highlight-versions.cabal
+++ b/highlight-versions.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                highlight-versions
-version:             0.1.2.1
+version:             0.1.2.2
 synopsis:            Highlight package versions which differ from the latest
                      version on Hackage
 description:         This package provides an executable which reads from
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   main-is:             Highlight.hs
   build-depends:       base >= 4 && < 5,
                        containers >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
-                       hackage-db >= 1.3 && < 1.5,
+                       hackage-db >= 1.4 && < 1.5,
                        Cabal >= 1.14 && < 1.17,
                        ansi-terminal ==0.5.*
   hs-source-dirs:      src