diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2011-2019 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+Copyright (c) 2011-2021 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
 Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Trystan Spangler <trystan.s@comcast.net>
 Copyright (c) 2011-2011 Greg Weber <greg@gregweber.info>
 
diff --git a/hspec-core.cabal b/hspec-core.cabal
--- a/hspec-core.cabal
+++ b/hspec-core.cabal
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.2.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.3.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec-core
-version:          2.7.4
+version:          2.7.5
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
-copyright:        (c) 2011-2019 Simon Hengel,
+copyright:        (c) 2011-2021 Simon Hengel,
                   (c) 2011-2012 Trystan Spangler,
                   (c) 2011 Greg Weber
 maintainer:       Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
 build-type:       Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    version.yaml
 category:         Testing
 stability:        experimental
 bug-reports:      https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/Location.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/Location.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/Location.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/Location.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , extractLocation
 
 -- for testing
+, parseAssertionFailed
 , parseCallStack
 , parseLocation
 , parseSourceSpan
@@ -31,6 +32,21 @@
   <|> locationFromPatternMatchFail e
   <|> locationFromRecConError e
   <|> locationFromIOException e
+  <|> locationFromNoMethodError e
+  <|> locationFromAssertionFailed e
+
+locationFromNoMethodError :: SomeException -> Maybe Location
+locationFromNoMethodError e = case fromException e of
+  Just (NoMethodError s) -> listToMaybe (words s) >>= parseSourceSpan
+  Nothing -> Nothing
+
+locationFromAssertionFailed :: SomeException -> Maybe Location
+locationFromAssertionFailed e = case fromException e of
+  Just (AssertionFailed loc) -> parseAssertionFailed loc
+  Nothing -> Nothing
+
+parseAssertionFailed :: String -> Maybe Location
+parseAssertionFailed loc = parseCallStack loc <|> parseSourceSpan loc
 
 locationFromErrorCall :: SomeException -> Maybe Location
 locationFromErrorCall e = case fromException e of
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Formatters.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Formatters.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Formatters.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Formatters.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- Stability: experimental
 --
 -- This module contains formatters that can be used with
--- `Test.Hspec.Runner.hspecWith`.
+-- `Test.Hspec.Core.Runner.hspecWith`.
 module Test.Hspec.Core.Formatters (
 
 -- * Formatters
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import qualified All
 
 spec :: Spec
-spec = beforeAll_ (setEnv "IGNORE_DOT_HSPEC" "yes") $ afterAll_ (unsetEnv "IGNORE_DOT_HSPEC") All.spec
+spec = beforeAll_ (setEnv "IGNORE_DOT_HSPEC" "yes" >> unsetEnv "HSPEC_OPTIONS") $ afterAll_ (unsetEnv "IGNORE_DOT_HSPEC") All.spec
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = hspec spec
diff --git a/test/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/LocationSpec.hs b/test/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/LocationSpec.hs
--- a/test/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/LocationSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Test/Hspec/Core/Example/LocationSpec.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-incomplete-patterns #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-missing-fields #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-overlapping-patterns #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-missing-methods #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -O0 #-}
 module Test.Hspec.Core.Example.LocationSpec (spec) where
 
 import           Helper
@@ -10,6 +12,11 @@
 import           Test.Hspec.Core.Example
 import           Test.Hspec.Core.Example.Location
 
+class SomeClass a where
+    someMethod :: a -> IO ()
+
+instance SomeClass () where
+
 data Person = Person {
   name :: String
 , age :: Int
@@ -17,6 +24,11 @@
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
+  describe "parseAssertionFailed" $ do
+    context "with pre-GHC-8.* error message" $ do
+      it "extracts source location" $ do
+        parseAssertionFailed "Foo.hs:4:7-12: Assertion failed\n" `shouldBe` Just (Location "Foo.hs" 4 7)
+
   describe "extractLocation" $ do
     context "with pattern match failure in do expression" $ do
       context "in IO" $ do
@@ -73,6 +85,18 @@
         let
           location = Just $ Location __FILE__ (__LINE__ + 1) 39
         Left e <- try $ evaluate (age Person {name = "foo"})
+        extractLocation e `shouldBe` location
+
+    context "with NoMethodError" $ do
+      it "extracts Location" $ do
+        Left e <- try $ someMethod ()
+        extractLocation e `shouldBe` Just (Location __FILE__ 18 10)
+
+    context "with AssertionFailed" $ do
+      it "extracts Location" $ do
+        let
+          location = Just $ Location __FILE__ (__LINE__ + 1) 36
+        Left e <- try . evaluate $ assert False ()
         extractLocation e `shouldBe` location
 
   describe "parseCallStack" $ do
diff --git a/version.yaml b/version.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+&version 2.7.5