diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 * Get rid of `MonadFail` constraints in `Database.MongoDB.Query`
 
+## [2.7.1.4] - 2024-02-18
+
+### Fixed
+- Lower bound of base package
+
 ## [2.7.1.3] - 2024-02-04
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/mongoDB.cabal b/mongoDB.cabal
--- a/mongoDB.cabal
+++ b/mongoDB.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           mongoDB
-Version:        2.7.1.3
+Version:        2.7.1.4
 Synopsis:       Driver (client) for MongoDB, a free, scalable, fast, document
                 DBMS
 Description:    This package lets you connect to MongoDB servers and
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
   Build-depends:      array -any
-                    , base <5
+                    , base >=4.13 && <5
                     , binary -any
                     , bson >= 0.3 && < 0.5
                     , text