diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.3.1.1
+---
+* loose `mtl` and `transformers` dependencies for `lxc` to play nice with other libraries
+
 0.3.1
 ---
 * added `snapshotDestroy` to `System.LXC.Container`
diff --git a/lxc.cabal b/lxc.cabal
--- a/lxc.cabal
+++ b/lxc.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                lxc
-version:             0.3.1
+version:             0.3.1.1
 synopsis:            High level Haskell bindings to LXC (Linux containers).
 description:         The library provides Haskell LXC API, wrapping <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/bindings-lxc bindings-lxc package>.
 homepage:            https://github.com/fizruk/lxc
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     System.LXC.Internal.Utils
   build-depends:      base          >=4.7   &&  <4.8
                     , bindings-lxc  >=0.2   &&  <0.3
-                    , transformers  >=0.4   &&  <0.5
-                    , mtl           >=2.2   &&  <2.3
+                    , transformers  >=0.2
+                    , mtl
 
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