diff --git a/http-media.cabal b/http-media.cabal
--- a/http-media.cabal
+++ b/http-media.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:          http-media
-version:       0.5.0
+version:       0.5.1
 license:       MIT
 license-file:  LICENSE
 author:        Timothy Jones
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
   build-depends:
     base                  >= 4.6  && < 5.0,
     bytestring            >= 0.10 && < 0.11,
-    Cabal                 >= 1.19 && < 1.23,
+    Cabal                 >= 1.16 && < 1.23,
     cabal-test-quickcheck >= 0.1  && < 0.2,
     case-insensitive      >= 1.0  && < 1.3,
     containers            >= 0.5  && < 0.6,