diff --git a/Text/Pandoc/Lens.hs b/Text/Pandoc/Lens.hs
--- a/Text/Pandoc/Lens.hs
+++ b/Text/Pandoc/Lens.hs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     , _Image
     , _Note
     , _Span
+    , inlinePrePlate
       -- * Metadata
       -- | Prisms are provided for the constructors of 'MetaValue'
       -- as well as a 'Plated' instance.
@@ -331,19 +332,23 @@
     f (Span _ s) = Just s
     f _          = Nothing
 
+-- | An affine traversal over the '[Inline]' in the last argument of an 'Inline' constructor
+inlinePrePlate :: Traversal' Inline [Inline]
+inlinePrePlate f inl =
+  case inl of
+    Emph cs        -> Emph <$> f cs
+    Strong cs      -> Strong <$> f cs
+    Strikeout cs   -> Strikeout <$> f cs
+    Superscript cs -> Superscript <$> f cs
+    Subscript cs   -> Subscript <$> f cs
+    SmallCaps cs   -> SmallCaps <$> f cs
+    Quoted q cs    -> Quoted q <$> f cs
+    Cite cit cs    -> Cite cit <$> f cs
+    Span attrs cs  -> Span attrs <$> f cs
+    _              -> pure inl
+
 instance Plated Inline where
-    plate f inl =
-      case inl of
-        Emph cs        -> Emph <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Strong cs      -> Strong <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Strikeout cs   -> Strikeout <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Superscript cs -> Superscript <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Subscript cs   -> Subscript <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        SmallCaps cs   -> SmallCaps <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Quoted q cs    -> Quoted q <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Cite cit cs    -> Cite cit <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        Span attrs cs  -> Span attrs <$> traverseOf each f cs
-        _              -> pure inl
+    plate = inlinePrePlate . each
 
 -- | A prism on a piece of 'MetaMap' metadata
 _MetaMap :: Prism' MetaValue (Map String MetaValue)
diff --git a/pandoc-lens.cabal b/pandoc-lens.cabal
--- a/pandoc-lens.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-lens.cabal
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name:                pandoc-lens
-version:             0.6.2
+version:             0.6.3
 synopsis:            Lenses for Pandoc documents
-description:         Lenses for Pandoc documents
+description:         Lenses for Pandoc documents.
 homepage:            http://github.com/bgamari/pandoc-lens
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Ben Gamari
-maintainer:          bgamari.foss@gmail.com
+maintainer:          ben@smart-cactus.org
 copyright:           (c) 2014 Ben Gamari
 category:            Text
 build-type:          Simple
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 library
   exposed-modules:     Text.Pandoc.Lens
   ghc-options:         -Wall -fno-warn-orphans
-  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.10,
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.12,
                        containers >=0.5 && <0.6,
-                       pandoc-types >=1.16 && <1.18,
-                       lens >=4.2 && <4.16
+                       pandoc-types >=1.16 && <1.20,
+                       lens >=4.2 && <4.17
   default-language:    Haskell2010
