diff --git a/hruby.cabal b/hruby.cabal
--- a/hruby.cabal
+++ b/hruby.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --  see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                hruby
-version:             0.2.7
+version:             0.2.8
 synopsis:            Embed Ruby in your Haskell program.
 description:         Warning: this is completely experimental. Everything you need should be in "Foreign.Ruby".
 license:             BSD3
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   ghc-options:          -Wall
   extensions:           BangPatterns, OverloadedStrings
   build-depends:        base >= 4.6 && < 4.8
-                        , aeson                == 0.7.*
+                        , aeson                >= 0.7 && < 0.9
                         , bytestring           >= 0.10.0.2
                         , text                 >= 0.11
                         , attoparsec           >= 0.11 && < 0.13