diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for persistent-sqlite
 
+## 2.10.5.1
+
+* a fix for template-haskell 2.16, GHC 8.10 alpha [#993](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/993) @simonmichael
+
 ## 2.10.5
 
 * Foreign keys table constraints are correctly generated [#945](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/945) @kderme
diff --git a/Database/Persist/Sqlite.hs b/Database/Persist/Sqlite.hs
--- a/Database/Persist/Sqlite.hs
+++ b/Database/Persist/Sqlite.hs
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@
     , _fkEnabled :: Bool -- ^ if foreign-key constraints are enabled.
     , _extraPragmas :: [Text] -- ^ additional pragmas to be set on initialization
     } deriving Show
-makeLenses ''SqliteConnectionInfo
 
 instance FromJSON SqliteConnectionInfo where
     parseJSON v = modifyFailure ("Persistent: error loading SqliteConnectionInfo: " ++) $
@@ -714,6 +713,7 @@
         <*> o .: "fkEnabled"
         <*> o .:? "extraPragmas" .!= []
 
+makeLenses ''SqliteConnectionInfo
 
 -- | Like `withSqliteConnInfo`, but exposes the internal `Sqlite.Connection`.
 -- For power users who want to manually interact with SQLite's C API via
diff --git a/persistent-sqlite.cabal b/persistent-sqlite.cabal
--- a/persistent-sqlite.cabal
+++ b/persistent-sqlite.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            persistent-sqlite
-version:         2.10.5
+version:         2.10.5.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
diff --git a/test/main.hs b/test/main.hs
--- a/test/main.hs
+++ b/test/main.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
 
 import SqliteInit
 
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@
 
     it "issue #328" $ asIO $ runSqliteInfo (mkSqliteConnectionInfo ":memory:") $ do
         runMigration migrateAll
-        _ <- insert . Test $ read "2014-11-30 05:15:25.123"
+        _ <- insert . Test $ read "2014-11-30 05:15:25.123Z"
         [Single x] <- rawSql "select strftime('%s%f',time) from test" []
         liftIO $ x `shouldBe` Just ("141732452525.123" :: String)
     it "issue #339" $ asIO $ runSqliteInfo (mkSqliteConnectionInfo ":memory:") $ do
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@
         return ()
     it "issue #527" $ asIO $ runSqliteInfo (mkSqliteConnectionInfo ":memory:") $ do
         runMigration migrateAll
-        insertMany_ $ replicate 1000 (Test $ read "2014-11-30 05:15:25.123")
+        insertMany_ $ replicate 1000 (Test $ read "2014-11-30 05:15:25.123Z")
 
     it "properly migrates to a composite primary key (issue #669)" $ asIO $ runSqliteInfo (mkSqliteConnectionInfo ":memory:") $ do
         runMigration compositeSetup