diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog for lol-benches project
 ================================
 
+0.0.0.4
+-----
+ * Removed unnecessary dependencies.
+
 0.0.0.3
 -----
  * Removed imports of Simple*Benches.
diff --git a/lol-benches.cabal b/lol-benches.cabal
--- a/lol-benches.cabal
+++ b/lol-benches.cabal
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             0.0.0.3
-synopsis:            A library for benchmarking <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lol Λ ∘ λ>.
+version:             0.0.0.4
+synopsis:            A library for benchmarking <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lol lol>.
 homepage:            https://github.com/cpeikert/Lol
 Bug-Reports:         https://github.com/cpeikert/Lol/issues
 license:             GPL-2
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 extra-source-files:  README, CHANGES.md
 cabal-version:       >= 1.10
 description:
-    This library contains code to benchmark <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lol Λ ∘ λ (Lol)>.
+    This library contains code to benchmark <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lol lol>.
     It is designed so that third-party tensors can be easily benchmarked using the same framework.
     For examples of how to use this library, see the benchmarks for
     <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lol-cpp lol-cpp>.
@@ -47,18 +47,17 @@
     Crypto.Lol.Utils.PrettyPrint
 
   build-depends:
-    ansi-terminal,
+    ansi-terminal < 0.7,
     base >= 4.9 && < 5,
-    containers,
-    criterion,
-    crypto-api,
-    deepseq,
-    DRBG,
-    lol >= 0.6.0.0,
-    MonadRandom,
-    split,
-    statistics,
-    transformers,
+    containers < 0.6,
+    criterion < 1.2,
+    crypto-api < 0.14,
+    deepseq < 1.5,
+    DRBG < 0.6,
+    lol >= 0.6.0.0 && < 0.7,
+    MonadRandom < 0.6,
+    split < 0.3,
+    statistics < 0.14,
     -- EAC: lol-benches does NOT depend on vector. However, cabal can't resolve
     -- dependencies without some help on the vector version. This is a bottleneck
     -- preventing us from putting lol-benches on stackage.