diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Hspec Megaparsec 2.1.0
+
+* Works with Megaparsec 8.
+
+* Dropped support for GHC 8.2.
+
 ## Hspec Megaparsec 2.0.1
 
 * Adjusted `shouldParse` to use `shouldBe` from `hspec` under the hood to
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,15 +6,22 @@
 [![Stackage LTS](http://stackage.org/package/hspec-megaparsec/badge/lts)](http://stackage.org/lts/package/hspec-megaparsec)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mrkkrp/hspec-megaparsec.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mrkkrp/hspec-megaparsec)
 
-The package is the recommended library for
-testing [`Megaparsec`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/megaparsec)
-parsers with with [`Hspec`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hspec). As
-of Megaparsec 5.1.0, its test suite is re-written with Hspec and this
-package with a few ad-hoc helpers.
+The package is the recommended library for testing
+[`Megaparsec`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/megaparsec) parsers with
+with [`Hspec`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hspec). As of Megaparsec
+5.1.0, its test suite is re-written with Hspec and this package with a few
+ad-hoc helpers.
 
 Consult the Haddocks for usage, which should be trivial. Also see test suite
-of this package or
-[Megaparsec test suite](https://github.com/mrkkrp/megaparsec/tree/master/tests).
+of this package or [Megaparsec test
+suite](https://github.com/mrkkrp/megaparsec/tree/master/tests).
+
+## Contribution
+
+Issues, bugs, and questions may be reported in [the GitHub issue tracker for
+this project](https://github.com/mrkkrp/hspec-megaparsec/issues).
+
+Pull requests are also welcome.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/Test/Hspec/Megaparsec.hs b/Test/Hspec/Megaparsec.hs
--- a/Test/Hspec/Megaparsec.hs
+++ b/Test/Hspec/Megaparsec.hs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
      , Eq s
      , Show s
      )
-  => (State s, Either (ParseErrorBundle s e) a)
+  => (State s e, Either (ParseErrorBundle s e) a)
      -- ^ Parser that takes stream and produces result along with actual
      -- state information
   -> s                 -- ^ Part of input that should be left unconsumed
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
      , ShowErrorComponent e
      , Stream s
      )
-  => (State s, Either (ParseErrorBundle s e) a)
+  => (State s e, Either (ParseErrorBundle s e) a)
      -- ^ Parser that takes stream and produces result along with actual
      -- state information
   -> s                 -- ^ Part of input that should be left unconsumed
@@ -221,11 +221,12 @@
 
 -- | Given input for parsing, construct initial state for parser.
 
-initialState :: s -> State s
+initialState :: s -> State s e
 initialState s = State
   { stateInput  = s
   , stateOffset = 0
   , statePosState = initialPosState s
+  , stateParseErrors = []
   }
 
 -- | Given input for parsing, construct initial positional state.
diff --git a/hspec-megaparsec.cabal b/hspec-megaparsec.cabal
--- a/hspec-megaparsec.cabal
+++ b/hspec-megaparsec.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name:                 hspec-megaparsec
-version:              2.0.1
+version:              2.1.0
 cabal-version:        1.18
-tested-with:          GHC==8.2.2, GHC==8.4.4, GHC==8.6.5
+tested-with:          GHC==8.4.4, GHC==8.6.5, GHC==8.8.1
 license:              BSD3
 license-file:         LICENSE.md
 author:               Mark Karpov <markkarpov92@gmail.com>
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
   default:            False
 
 library
-  build-depends:      base               >= 4.10 && < 5.0
+  build-depends:      base               >= 4.11 && < 5.0
                     , containers         >= 0.5 && < 0.7
                     , hspec-expectations >= 0.8 && < 0.9
-                    , megaparsec         >= 7.0 && < 8.0
+                    , megaparsec         >= 8.0 && < 9.0
   exposed-modules:    Test.Hspec.Megaparsec
   if flag(dev)
     ghc-options:      -Wall -Werror
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
                       -Wincomplete-record-updates
                       -Wincomplete-uni-patterns
                       -Wnoncanonical-monad-instances
-                      -Wnoncanonical-monadfail-instances
   default-language:   Haskell2010
 
 test-suite tests
@@ -46,11 +45,11 @@
     ghc-options:      -Wall -Werror
   else
     ghc-options:      -Wall
-  build-depends:      base               >= 4.10 && < 5.0
+  build-depends:      base               >= 4.11 && < 5.0
                     , hspec              >= 2.0 && < 3.0
                     , hspec-expectations >= 0.8 && < 0.9
                     , hspec-megaparsec
-                    , megaparsec         >= 7.0 && < 8.0
+                    , megaparsec         >= 8.0 && < 9.0
   default-language:   Haskell2010
 
 source-repository head
diff --git a/tests/Main.hs b/tests/Main.hs
--- a/tests/Main.hs
+++ b/tests/Main.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
 module Main (main) where
 
-import Data.Semigroup ((<>))
 import Data.Void
 import Test.Hspec
 import Test.Hspec.Megaparsec
 import Text.Megaparsec
 import Text.Megaparsec.Char
+
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,13,0)
+import Data.Semigroup ((<>))
+#endif
 
 type Parser = Parsec Void String