diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.9.6
+-----
+
+* Updated aeson package bound to include 2.2
+
 0.9.5
 -----
 
diff --git a/jose-jwt.cabal b/jose-jwt.cabal
--- a/jose-jwt.cabal
+++ b/jose-jwt.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:               jose-jwt
-Version:            0.9.5
+Version:            0.9.6
 Synopsis:           JSON Object Signing and Encryption Library
 Homepage:           http://github.com/tekul/jose-jwt
 Bug-Reports:        http://github.com/tekul/jose-jwt/issues
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     Buildable: False
   else
     Build-depends:    base >= 4.9 && < 5
-                    , aeson >= 1.5 && < 2.2
+                    , aeson >= 1.5 && < 2.3
                     , attoparsec >= 0.12.0.0
                     , bytestring >= 0.9
                     , cereal >= 0.4