diff --git a/ircbot.cabal b/ircbot.cabal
--- a/ircbot.cabal
+++ b/ircbot.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                ircbot
-Version:             0.1.3
+Version:             0.1.4
 Synopsis:            A library for writing irc bots
 Homepage:            http://patch-tag.com/r/stepcut/ircbot
 License:             BSD3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   
   Build-depends:  base       >= 4 && <5,
                   filepath   >= 1.2 && < 1.4,
-                  irc        == 0.4.*,
+                  irc        == 0.5.*,
                   mtl        == 2.0.*,
                   network    == 2.3.*,
                   old-locale == 1.0.*,