diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+0.0.1: relax dependency on base
diff --git a/pdfsplit.cabal b/pdfsplit.cabal
--- a/pdfsplit.cabal
+++ b/pdfsplit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                pdfsplit
-Version:             0.0
+Version:             0.0.1
 Synopsis:            split two-column PDFs, so there is one column per page
 Description:         Reading two-column academic papers is awkward on the
                      Kindle; you sort of have to choose between zooming way
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 Category:            Utils, PDF
 Build-type:          Simple
 Cabal-version:       >=1.2
+Extra-source-files:  CHANGELOG
 Executable pdfsplit
     Main-is: pdfsplit.hs
     Build-depends:
-        base >= 3 && <= 4,
+        base >= 3 && < 5,
         directory >= 1 && < 2,
         pdfinfo >= 0 && < 1,
         process >= 1 && < 2,