diff --git a/lambdabot-reference-plugins.cabal b/lambdabot-reference-plugins.cabal
--- a/lambdabot-reference-plugins.cabal
+++ b/lambdabot-reference-plugins.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                   lambdabot-reference-plugins
-version:                5.1.0.4
+version:                5.2
 
 license:                GPL
 license-file:           LICENSE
@@ -34,16 +34,12 @@
 
 build-type:             Simple
 cabal-version:          >= 1.8
-tested-with:            GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.1
+tested-with:            GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.5
 
 source-repository head
   type:                 git
   location:             https://github.com/lambdabot/lambdabot.git
 
-flag network-uri
-  description: Get Network.URI from the network-uri package
-  default: True
-
 library
   hs-source-dirs:       src
   ghc-options:          -Wall
@@ -67,16 +63,13 @@
                         bytestring              >= 0.9,
                         containers              >= 0.4,
                         HTTP                    >= 4000,
-                        lambdabot-core          >= 5.1 && < 5.2,
+                        lambdabot-core          >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
                         mtl                     >= 2,
+                        network                 >= 2.7 && < 3.2,
+                        network-uri             >= 2.6 && < 2.7, 
                         oeis                    >= 0.3.1,
                         process                 >= 1.1,
                         regex-tdfa              >= 1.1,
                         split                   >= 0.2,
                         tagsoup                 >= 0.12,
                         utf8-string             >= 0.3
-
-  if flag(network-uri)
-    build-depends: network-uri >= 2.6, network >= 2.6
-  else
-    build-depends: network-uri < 2.6, network < 2.6
diff --git a/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Reference/Dict/DictLookup.hs b/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Reference/Dict/DictLookup.hs
--- a/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Reference/Dict/DictLookup.hs
+++ b/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Reference/Dict/DictLookup.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 import Data.List
 import System.IO
 import Control.Exception (SomeException, handle)
-import Network
+import Network.Socket
+import Lambdabot.Util.Network
 
 data QueryConfig    = QC { host :: String, port :: Int }
 type DictConnection = Handle
@@ -38,12 +39,12 @@
 
 openDictConnection :: QueryConfig -> IO DictConnection
 openDictConnection config = do
-    hDictServer <- connectTo (host config) (mkPortNumber $ port config)
+    hDictServer <- connectTo' (host config) (mkPortNumber $ port config)
     hSetBuffering hDictServer LineBuffering
     _ <- readResponseLine hDictServer -- ignore response
     return hDictServer
     where
-    mkPortNumber = PortNumber . fromIntegral
+    mkPortNumber = fromIntegral
 
 closeDictConnection :: DictConnection -> IO ()
 closeDictConnection conn = do