diff --git a/jsaddle-warp.cabal b/jsaddle-warp.cabal
--- a/jsaddle-warp.cabal
+++ b/jsaddle-warp.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: jsaddle-warp
-version: 0.9.8.0
+version: 0.9.8.2
 cabal-version: >=1.10
 build-type: Simple
 license: MIT
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         other-modules:
             Language.Javascript.JSaddle.WebSockets.Compat
         build-depends:
-            aeson >=0.8.0.2 && <1.6,
+            aeson >=0.8.0.2 && <2.1,
             bytestring >=0.10.6.0 && <0.11,
             containers >=0.5.6.2 && <0.7,
             foreign-store >=0.2 && <0.3,