diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for influxdb
 
+## v1.6.0.9 - 2018-09-11
+
+* Relax upper version bound for network
+
 ## v1.6.0.8 - 2018-09-04
 
 * Relax upper version bound for QuickCheck
diff --git a/influxdb.cabal b/influxdb.cabal
--- a/influxdb.cabal
+++ b/influxdb.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: influxdb
-version: 1.6.0.8
+version: 1.6.0.9
 synopsis: Haskell client library for InfluxDB
 description:
   @influxdb@ is a Haskell client library for InfluxDB.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     , http-client >= 0.5 && < 0.6
     , http-types >= 0.8.6 && < 0.13
     , lens >= 4.9 && < 4.18
-    , network >= 2.6 && < 2.8
+    , network >= 2.6 && < 2.9
     , optional-args >= 1.0 && < 1.1
     , scientific >= 0.3.3 && < 0.4
     , tagged >= 0.1 && < 0.9