diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+Version 1.2.4.1
+---------------
+* Bumped the `text` dependency upper bounds
+
 Version 1.2.4
 ---------------
 * Added `Data.Monoid.Instances.PrefixMemory.Shadowed` monoid transformer
+
 Version 1.2.3
 ---------------
 * Added `DistributiveGCDMonoid` and `DistributiveLCMMonoid` type class by Jonathan Knowles
diff --git a/monoid-subclasses.cabal b/monoid-subclasses.cabal
--- a/monoid-subclasses.cabal
+++ b/monoid-subclasses.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                monoid-subclasses
-Version:             1.2.4
+Version:             1.2.4.1
 Cabal-Version:       >= 1.10
 Build-Type:          Simple
 Synopsis:            Subclasses of Monoid
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   Build-Depends:     base >= 4.9 && < 5,
                      bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0,
                      containers >= 0.5.7.0 && < 0.7,
-                     text >= 0.11 && < 1.3 || >= 2.0 && < 2.1,
+                     text >= 0.11 && < 1.3 || >= 2.0 && < 2.2,
                      primes == 0.2.*,
                      vector >= 0.12 && < 0.14,
                      commutative-semigroups >= 0.1 && < 0.2
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
 test-suite Main
   Type:              exitcode-stdio-1.0
   Build-Depends:     base >= 4.9 && < 5,
-                     bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0, containers >= 0.5.7.0 && < 0.7, text >= 0.11 && < 1.3 || >= 2.0 && < 2.1,
-                     vector >= 0.12 && < 0.14, primes == 0.2.*,
+                     bytestring, containers, text, vector, primes,
                      QuickCheck >= 2.9 && < 3, quickcheck-instances >= 0.3.12 && <0.4,
                      tasty >= 0.7, tasty-quickcheck >= 0.7 && < 1.0,
                      monoid-subclasses