diff --git a/hlint.cabal b/hlint.cabal
--- a/hlint.cabal
+++ b/hlint.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      >= 1.6
 build-type:         Simple
 name:               hlint
-version:            1.8.6
+version:            1.8.7
 -- license is GPL v2 only
 license:            GPL
 license-file:       LICENSE
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 library
     build-depends:
         base == 4.*, process, filepath, directory, containers,
-        transformers == 0.2.*,
+        transformers >= 0.0 && < 0.3,
         hscolour == 1.17.*,
         cpphs == 1.11.*,
         haskell-src-exts >= 1.9.6 && < 1.11,