diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+__v0.9.7__
+
+add http-client-0.5.0 support
+
+add PVP bounds
+
 __v0.9.6__
 
 add http-client bound
diff --git a/pinboard.cabal b/pinboard.cabal
--- a/pinboard.cabal
+++ b/pinboard.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                pinboard
-version:             0.9.6
+version:             0.9.7
 synopsis:            Access to the Pinboard API
 license:             MIT
 license-file:        LICENSE
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@
 library 
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   build-depends:       base >=4.6 && < 5.0
-                     , aeson
-                     , bytestring
-                     , containers
-                     , either
-                     , http-types
-                     , http-client < 0.5.0
-                     , http-client-tls
+                     , aeson >= 0.11.1  && <0.12
+                     , bytestring >= 0.10.0  && <0.11 
+                     , containers >= 0.5.0.0 && <0.6 
+                     , either >= 4.4.1 && < 4.5
+                     , http-types >= 0.8 && <0.10
+                     , http-client >= 0.5 && <0.6 
+                     , http-client-tls >= 0.3.0 && < 0.4
+                     , text >= 0.11 && < 1.3
+                     , time >= 1.5 && < 1.7
+                     , transformers >= 0.4.0.0
+                     , vector >= 0.10.9  && < 0.12
+                     , network >= 2.6.2 && < 2.7
                      , mtl >= 2.2.1
-                     , old-locale
                      , profunctors >= 5
-                     , network
                      , random >= 1.1
-                     , text
-                     , time
-                     , transformers >= 0.4.0.0
                      , unordered-containers
-                     , vector
+
               
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   other-modules:     
diff --git a/src/Pinboard/ApiTypes.hs b/src/Pinboard/ApiTypes.hs
--- a/src/Pinboard/ApiTypes.hs
+++ b/src/Pinboard/ApiTypes.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 
 -- |
 -- Module      : Pinboard.ApiTypes
@@ -25,14 +24,7 @@
 
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HM
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
-
-#if MIN_VERSION_time(1,5,0)
 import Data.Time.Format    (parseTimeOrError, formatTime, defaultTimeLocale)
-#else
-import Data.Time.Format    (readTime, formatTime)
-import System.Locale       (defaultTimeLocale)
-#endif
-
 import Control.Applicative 
 import Prelude hiding      (words, unwords)
 
@@ -213,11 +205,7 @@
 readNoteTime :: String -> UTCTime
 readNoteTime = parse' defaultTimeLocale "%F %T"
   where
-#if MIN_VERSION_time(1,5,0)
     parse' = parseTimeOrError True
-#else
-    parse' = readTime
-#endif
 
 showNoteTime :: UTCTime -> String
 showNoteTime = formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%F %T"
diff --git a/src/Pinboard/Client.hs b/src/Pinboard/Client.hs
--- a/src/Pinboard/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Pinboard/Client.hs
@@ -150,10 +150,9 @@
 
 buildReq :: MonadIO m => String -> m Request
 buildReq url = do
-  req <- liftIO $ parseUrl $ "https://api.pinboard.in/v1/" <> url
-  return $ req 
-    { requestHeaders = [("User-Agent","pinboard.hs/0.9.6")]
-    , checkStatus = \_ _ _ -> Nothing
+  req <- liftIO $ parseRequest $ "https://api.pinboard.in/v1/" <> url
+  return $ setRequestIgnoreStatus $ req { 
+    requestHeaders = [("User-Agent","pinboard.hs/0.9.7")]
     }
 
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