diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for influxdb
 
+## v1.7.1.1 - 2019-09-09
+
+* Relax upper version bound for lens
+
 ## v1.7.1 - 2019-07-19
 
 * Escape backslashes when encoding `Line`s (#75)
diff --git a/influxdb.cabal b/influxdb.cabal
--- a/influxdb.cabal
+++ b/influxdb.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: influxdb
-version: 1.7.1
+version: 1.7.1.1
 synopsis: Haskell client library for InfluxDB
 description:
   @influxdb@ is a Haskell client library for InfluxDB.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     , foldl < 1.5
     , http-client >= 0.5 && < 0.7
     , http-types >= 0.8.6 && < 0.13
-    , lens >= 4.9 && < 4.18
+    , lens >= 4.9 && < 4.19
     , network >= 2.6 && < 3.2
     , optional-args >= 1.0 && < 1.1
     , scientific >= 0.3.3 && < 0.4