diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# hpqtypes-1.4.4 (2016-01-19)
+* fix lower bound of base version
+
 # hpqtypes-1.4.3 (2015-10-09)
 * remove invalid FromSQL ZonedTime instance
 
diff --git a/hpqtypes.cabal b/hpqtypes.cabal
--- a/hpqtypes.cabal
+++ b/hpqtypes.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                hpqtypes
-version:             1.4.3
+version:             1.4.4
 synopsis:            Haskell bindings to libpqtypes
 
 description:         Efficient and easy-to-use bindings to (slightly modified)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                      , Database.PostgreSQL.PQTypes.Internal.C.Interface
                      , Database.PostgreSQL.PQTypes.Internal.C.Get
 
-  build-depends:       base >= 4.5 && < 5
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.6 && < 5
                      , text >= 0.11
                      , aeson >= 0.6.2.0
                      , bytestring >= 0.9