diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.0.3.3
+-------
+
+- Released Thu 22 Dec 2016 20:43:08 CET
+- Added `transformer` not fix older base (<4.8) fail on
+  Data.Functor.Identity (reported and diagnosed by Henning Thielemann).
+
 1.0.3.2
 -------
 
diff --git a/lentil.cabal b/lentil.cabal
--- a/lentil.cabal
+++ b/lentil.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                lentil
-version:             1.0.3.2
+version:             1.0.3.3
 synopsis:            frugal issue tracker
 description:         minumum effort, cohesive issue tracker based on
                      ubiquitous @TODO@s and @FIXME@s conventions.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                        filepath==1.4.*, directory==1.2.*, filemanip==0.3.*,
                        ansi-wl-pprint==0.6.*, csv==0.1.*, pipes==4.3.*,
                        terminal-progress-bar==0.0.*, text==1.2.*,
-                       semigroups==0.18.*
+                       semigroups==0.18.*, transformers==0.4.*
   other-modules:       Lentil.Types, Lentil.Args, Lentil.File, Lentil.Print,
                        Lentil.Query, Lentil.Export, Lentil.Parse.Source,
                        Lentil.Parse.Issue Lentil.Parse.Syntaxes,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                        filepath==1.4.*, directory==1.2.*, filemanip==0.3.*,
                        ansi-wl-pprint==0.6.*, csv==0.1.*, pipes==4.3.*,
                        terminal-progress-bar==0.0.*, text==1.2.*,
-                       semigroups==0.18.*
+                       semigroups==0.18.*, transformers==0.4.*
                        -- same as above, plus hspec
                        , hspec==2.2.*
   other-modules:       Lentil.Types, Lentil.Args, Lentil.File, Lentil.Print,
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                                    short 'v'      <>
                                    help "show version and copyright info" )
     where
-          versionCopy = "\nlentil - frugal issue tracker, version 1.0.3.2\n\
+          versionCopy = "\nlentil - frugal issue tracker, version 1.0.3.3\n\
                         \(C) 2015-2016 Francesco Ariis - http://www.ariis.it\n\
                         \released under the GNU General Public License v3\n"