diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[1.17.6.1]
+
+
+  * Relax version bound for string-qq.
+
 [1.17.6]
 
   * Walk: export walk and query helpers (Albert Krewinkel) [API change].
diff --git a/pandoc-types.cabal b/pandoc-types.cabal
--- a/pandoc-types.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-types.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                pandoc-types
-Version:             1.17.6
+Version:             1.17.6.1
 Synopsis:            Types for representing a structured document
 Description:         @Text.Pandoc.Definition@ defines the 'Pandoc' data
                      structure, which is used by pandoc to represent
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                        test-framework-quickcheck2 >= 0.2.9 && < 0.4,
                        QuickCheck >= 2.4 && < 2.14,
                        HUnit >= 1.2 && < 1.7,
-                       string-qq == 0.0.2
+                       string-qq >= 0.0.2 && < 0.1
   ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -Wall -O2
 
 benchmark benchmark-pandoc-types