diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- 0.8.2.2 (2019-02-04)
+    * Bump lower `base` dependency to 4.8
+
 - 0.8.2.1 (2019-02-03)
     * Bump `pandoc` to 2.6
     * Bump `ansi-terminal` to 0.10
diff --git a/patat.cabal b/patat.cabal
--- a/patat.cabal
+++ b/patat.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:                patat
-Version:             0.8.2.1
+Version:             0.8.2.2
 Synopsis:            Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc
-Description:         Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc
+Description:         Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc.
 License:             GPL-2
 License-file:        LICENSE
 Author:              Jasper Van der Jeugt <m@jaspervdj.be>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     aeson                >= 0.9   && < 1.5,
     ansi-terminal        >= 0.6   && < 0.10,
     ansi-wl-pprint       >= 0.6   && < 0.7,
-    base                 >= 4.6   && < 5,
+    base                 >= 4.8   && < 5,
     base64-bytestring    >= 1.0   && < 1.1,
     bytestring           >= 0.10  && < 0.11,
     colour               >= 2.3   && < 2.4,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     Buildable: False
 
   Build-depends:
-    base   >= 4.6  && < 5,
+    base   >= 4.8  && < 5,
     mtl    >= 2.2  && < 2.3,
     pandoc >= 2.0  && < 2.7,
     text   >= 1.2  && < 1.3,
