diff --git a/monad-abort-fd.cabal b/monad-abort-fd.cabal
--- a/monad-abort-fd.cabal
+++ b/monad-abort-fd.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: monad-abort-fd
-Version: 0.2
+Version: 0.3
 Category: Control
 Stability: experimental
 Synopsis: A better error monad transformer
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
   Build-Depends:
     base               >= 4 && < 5,
     transformers       >= 0.2,
-    transformers-base  >= 0.1,
-    transformers-abort >= 0.2,
+    transformers-base  >= 0.3,
+    transformers-abort >= 0.3,
     mtl                >= 2.0,
     monad-control      >= 0.2.0.2,
     data-default       >= 0.2
diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Exception.hs b/src/Control/Monad/Exception.hs
--- a/src/Control/Monad/Exception.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Monad/Exception.hs
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@
 exception ∷ Exception e ⇒ e → α
 exception = E.throw
 
-evaluate ∷ MonadBase μ IO ⇒ α → μ α
+evaluate ∷ MonadBase IO μ ⇒ α → μ α
 evaluate = liftBase . E.evaluate
 
 throw ∷ (MonadAbort SomeException μ, Exception e) ⇒ e → μ α
 throw = abort . toException
 
-throwIO ∷ (MonadBase μ IO, Exception e) ⇒ e → μ α
+throwIO ∷ (MonadBase IO μ, Exception e) ⇒ e → μ α
 throwIO = liftBase . E.throwIO
 
 catch ∷ (MonadRecover SomeException μ, Exception e) ⇒ μ α → (e → μ α) → μ α