diff --git a/hspec-discover.cabal b/hspec-discover.cabal
--- a/hspec-discover.cabal
+++ b/hspec-discover.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec-discover
-version:          2.8.4
+version:          2.8.5
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2012-2021 Simon Hengel
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       src
   ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-incomplete-uni-patterns
   build-depends:
-      base ==4.*
+      base >=4.5.0.0 && <5
     , directory
     , filepath
   exposed: False
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       driver
   main-is: hspec-discover.hs
   build-depends:
-      base ==4.*
+      base >=4.5.0.0 && <5
     , directory
     , filepath
     , hspec-discover
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       Paths_hspec_discover
   build-depends:
       QuickCheck >=2.7
-    , base ==4.*
+    , base >=4.5.0.0 && <5
     , directory
     , filepath
     , hspec-discover
diff --git a/version.yaml b/version.yaml
--- a/version.yaml
+++ b/version.yaml
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-&version 2.8.4
+&version 2.8.5