diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.4.5.3
+
+- lifted upper bounds on aeson
+
 # 0.4.5.2
 
 - user unsafeCoerce to existential wrapper
diff --git a/json-stream.cabal b/json-stream.cabal
--- a/json-stream.cabal
+++ b/json-stream.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                json-stream
-version:             0.4.5.2
+version:             0.4.5.3
 synopsis:            Incremental applicative JSON parser
 description:         Easy to use JSON parser fully supporting incremental parsing.
                      Parsing grammar in applicative form.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   build-depends:         base >=4.11 && <5
                        , bytestring
                        , text
-                       , aeson >= 0.7 && < 2.2
+                       , aeson >= 0.7 && < 2.3
                        , vector
                        , unordered-containers
                        , containers