diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.18
+
+* drop support for ghc < 8.8
+* compat with ghc 9.4
+
+## ...
+
 ## 0.14.18
 
 * Branch/Release Snafu
diff --git a/Data/ByteArray/Encoding.hs b/Data/ByteArray/Encoding.hs
--- a/Data/ByteArray/Encoding.hs
+++ b/Data/ByteArray/Encoding.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 -- requires a newline at least every 76 encoded characters, which works around
 -- limitations of older email programs that could not handle long lines.
 -- Be aware that other languages, such as Ruby, encode the RFC 2045 version
--- by default. To decode their ouput, remove all newlines before decoding.
+-- by default. To decode their output, remove all newlines before decoding.
 --
 -- ==== Examples
 --
diff --git a/Data/ByteArray/MemView.hs b/Data/ByteArray/MemView.hs
--- a/Data/ByteArray/MemView.hs
+++ b/Data/ByteArray/MemView.hs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 -- | Increase the memory view while reducing the size of the window
 --
--- this is useful as an abtraction to represent the current offset
+-- this is useful as an abstraction to represent the current offset
 -- in a buffer, and the remaining bytes left.
 memViewPlus :: MemView -> Int -> MemView
 memViewPlus (MemView p len) n = MemView (p `plusPtr` n) (len - n)
diff --git a/Data/Memory/Internal/CompatPrim64.hs b/Data/Memory/Internal/CompatPrim64.hs
--- a/Data/Memory/Internal/CompatPrim64.hs
+++ b/Data/Memory/Internal/CompatPrim64.hs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 type Word64# = Word#
 type Int64# = Int#
 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 904
 eqWord64# :: Word64# -> Word64# -> OutBool
 eqWord64# = eqWord#
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@
 
 timesWord64# :: Word64# -> Word64# -> Word64#
 timesWord64# = timesWord#
+#endif
 
 w64# :: Word# -> Word# -> Word# -> Word64#
 w64# w _ _ = w
diff --git a/memory.cabal b/memory.cabal
--- a/memory.cabal
+++ b/memory.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                memory
-version:             0.17.0
+version:             0.18.0
 Synopsis:            memory and related abstraction stuff
 Description:
     Chunk of memory, polymorphic byte array management and manipulation
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                      Data.ByteArray.Methods
                      Data.ByteArray.MemView
                      Data.ByteArray.View
-  if impl(ghc < 8.0)
+  if impl(ghc < 8.8)
     buildable: False
   else
     build-depends:   base
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
   Other-modules:     Imports
                      SipHash
                      Utils
-  if impl(ghc < 8.0)
+  if impl(ghc < 8.8)
     buildable: False
   else
     build-depends:   base