diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 1.3.1
+
+* Increase the upper-bound of `text` to < 1.3.
+
 # 1.3.0
 
 * Now depends on `systemd >= 209`. These versions of `systemd` feature the
diff --git a/libsystemd-journal.cabal b/libsystemd-journal.cabal
--- a/libsystemd-journal.cabal
+++ b/libsystemd-journal.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                libsystemd-journal
-version:             1.3.0
+version:             1.3.1
 synopsis:            Haskell bindings to libsystemd-journal
 homepage:            http://github.com/ocharles/libsystemd-journal
 license:             BSD3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 library
   exposed-modules:     Systemd.Journal
-  build-depends:       base >=4.6 && <4.8, bytestring >= 0.9.1, pipes >= 4.0, pipes-safe >= 2.0, text >= 0.1 && < 1.2, transformers >= 0.3, unix-bytestring >= 0.3.2 && < 0.4, vector >= 0.4 && < 0.11, uuid, unordered-containers >= 0.1 && < 0.3, hashable >= 1.1.2.5, hsyslog, uniplate >= 1.6
+  build-depends:       base >=4.6 && <4.8, bytestring >= 0.9.1, pipes >= 4.0, pipes-safe >= 2.0, text >= 0.1 && < 1.3, transformers >= 0.3, unix-bytestring >= 0.3.2 && < 0.4, vector >= 0.4 && < 0.11, uuid, unordered-containers >= 0.1 && < 0.3, hashable >= 1.1.2.5, hsyslog, uniplate >= 1.6
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   pkgconfig-depends: libsystemd >= 209