diff --git a/hprotoc.cabal b/hprotoc.cabal
--- a/hprotoc.cabal
+++ b/hprotoc.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hprotoc
-version:        1.8.0
+version:        1.8.1
 cabal-version:  >= 1.6
 build-type:     Simple
 license:        BSD3
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 homepage:       http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/protocol-buffers
 package-url:    http://code.haskell.org/protocol-buffers/
 synopsis:       Parse Google Protocol Buffer specifications
-description:    Parse http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/proto.html
-  and perhaps general haskell code to use them
+description:    Parse "http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/proto.html" and perhaps general haskell code to use them
 category:       Text
 Tested-With:    GHC ==6.8.3
 extra-source-files:
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@
   Hs-Source-Dirs:  .,protoc-gen-haskell
   build-tools:     alex
   ghc-options:     -O2 -Wall
-  build-depends:   protocol-buffers == 1.8.0, protocol-buffers-descriptor == 1.8.0
+  build-depends:   protocol-buffers == 1.8.0, protocol-buffers-descriptor == 1.8.1
   build-depends:   binary, utf8-string
   build-depends:   parsec < 3, haskell-src-exts >= 1.7.0,
                    containers,bytestring,array,
