diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for persistent-mongoDB
 
+## 2.9.0.1
+
+* Compatibility with latest persistent-template for test suite [#1002](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/1002/files)
+
 ## 2.9.0
 
 * Removed deprecated `entityToDocument`. Please use `recordToDocument` instead. [#894](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/894)
diff --git a/persistent-mongoDB.cabal b/persistent-mongoDB.cabal
--- a/persistent-mongoDB.cabal
+++ b/persistent-mongoDB.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            persistent-mongoDB
-version:         2.9.0
+version:         2.9.0.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Greg Weber <greg@gregweber.info>
diff --git a/test/EmbedTestMongo.hs b/test/EmbedTestMongo.hs
--- a/test/EmbedTestMongo.hs
+++ b/test/EmbedTestMongo.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-unused-top-binds -Wno-orphans -O0 #-}
 module EmbedTestMongo (specs) where
 
diff --git a/test/EntityEmbedTestMongo.hs b/test/EntityEmbedTestMongo.hs
--- a/test/EntityEmbedTestMongo.hs
+++ b/test/EntityEmbedTestMongo.hs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
 module EntityEmbedTestMongo where
 
 -- because we are using a type alias we need to declare in a separate module
diff --git a/test/main.hs b/test/main.hs
--- a/test/main.hs
+++ b/test/main.hs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-unused-top-binds #-}
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS