diff --git a/hspec-smallcheck.cabal b/hspec-smallcheck.cabal
--- a/hspec-smallcheck.cabal
+++ b/hspec-smallcheck.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:             hspec-smallcheck
-version:          0.4.1
+version:          0.4.2
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2013-2015 Simon Hengel
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       Test.Hspec.SmallCheck
   build-depends:
       base == 4.*
-    , hspec-core == 2.*
+    , hspec-core >= 2.4
     , smallcheck >= 1.0
 
 test-suite spec
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/SmallCheck.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/SmallCheck.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/SmallCheck.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec/SmallCheck.hs
@@ -21,8 +21,4 @@
           modifyIORef counter succ
           n <- readIORef counter
           reportProgress (n, 0)
-#if MIN_VERSION_hspec_core(2,2,0)
-    maybe Success (Fail Nothing . ppFailure) <$> smallCheckWithHook (paramsSmallCheckDepth c) hook p
-#else
-    maybe Success (Fail . ppFailure) <$> smallCheckWithHook (paramsSmallCheckDepth c) hook p
-#endif
+    maybe Success (Failure Nothing . Reason . ppFailure) <$> smallCheckWithHook (paramsSmallCheckDepth c) hook p