diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.1.0.3 (2016-02-14)
+-------
+
+    - allow base-4.9 for GHC-8.0
+
 0.1.0.1
 --------
 
diff --git a/palette.cabal b/palette.cabal
--- a/palette.cabal
+++ b/palette.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                palette
-Version:             0.1.0.2
+Version:             0.1.0.3
 Synopsis:            Utilities for choosing and creating color schemes.
 Description:         Sets of predefined colors and tools for choosing and
                      creating color schemes.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                        Data.Colour.Palette.BrewerSet
                        Data.Colour.Palette.Types
 
-  Build-depends:       base >= 4.2 && < 4.9,
+  Build-depends:       base >= 4.2 && < 4.10,
                        array >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
                        colour >= 2.3 && <3.0,
                        containers >= 0.5 && < 0.6.0.0