diff --git a/persistent.cabal b/persistent.cabal
--- a/persistent.cabal
+++ b/persistent.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            persistent
-version:         0.2.0.1
+version:         0.2.0.2
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                      transformers >= 0.2.1 && < 0.3,
                      time >= 1.1.4 && < 1.3,
                      utf8-string >= 0.3.4 && < 0.4,
-                     text >= 0.7.1 && < 0.8,
+                     text >= 0.7.1 && < 0.9,
                      hamlet >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
                      web-routes-quasi >= 0.6.0 && < 0.7,
                      containers >= 0.2 && < 0.4,