diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 2.1.7
++ add lower limit for tar to 0.6.0.0, which fixes "FileNotExecutable" bug.
+  see #291, special thanks to @scheottl for finding and debugging.
 
 ## 2.1.6
 + Bump network
diff --git a/keter.cabal b/keter.cabal
--- a/keter.cabal
+++ b/keter.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               keter
-version:            2.1.6
+version:            2.1.7
 synopsis:
   Web application deployment manager, focusing on Haskell web frameworks. It mitigates downtime.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       random >=1.2.1 && <1.3,
       regex-tdfa >=1.3.1 && <1.4,
       stm >=2.5.0 && <2.6,
-      tar >=0.5.1 && <0.7,
+      tar >=0.6.0.0 && <0.7,
       template-haskell >=2.17.0 && <3.0,
       text >=1.2.5 && <3.0,
       time >=1.9.3 && <2.0,