diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+0.5.1.0 (2024-01-08)
+====================
+
+- Allow bytestring 0.12.
+- Allow deepseq 1.6.
+- Build on GHC 9.8 without warning.
+
 0.5.0.0 (2023-08-07)
 =====================
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
                <*> value .:? 2
 ```
 
-Better yet, you can drive an instance automatically.
+Better yet, you can derive an instance automatically.
 
 ```haskell
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric, DataKinds #-}
diff --git a/pinch.cabal b/pinch.cabal
--- a/pinch.cabal
+++ b/pinch.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.35.2.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.36.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           pinch
-version:        0.5.0.0
+version:        0.5.1.0
 synopsis:       An alternative implementation of Thrift for Haskell.
 description:    This library provides machinery for types to specify how they can be
                 serialized and deserialized into/from Thrift payloads. It makes no
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 maintainer:     mail@abhinavg.net
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
 tested-with:
     GHC == 8.10.2, GHC == 8.8.3, GHC == 8.6.5, GHC == 8.4.4
-build-type:     Simple
 extra-source-files:
     README.md
     CHANGES.md
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@
   build-depends:
       array >=0.5
     , base >=4.7 && <5
-    , bytestring >=0.10 && <0.12
+    , bytestring >=0.10 && <0.13
     , cereal >=0.5.8.1 && <0.6
     , containers >=0.5 && <0.7
-    , deepseq >=1.3 && <1.5
+    , deepseq >=1.3 && <1.6
     , ghc-prim
     , hashable >=1.2 && <1.5
     , network >=3.1.2.0 && <3.2
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       QuickCheck >=2.5
     , async >=2.2.2 && <2.3
     , base >=4.7 && <5
-    , bytestring >=0.10 && <0.12
+    , bytestring >=0.10 && <0.13
     , cereal >=0.5.8.1 && <0.6
     , containers >=0.5 && <0.7
     , hspec >=2.0
diff --git a/tests/Pinch/ClientServerSpec.hs b/tests/Pinch/ClientServerSpec.hs
--- a/tests/Pinch/ClientServerSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/Pinch/ClientServerSpec.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds           #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric       #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE GADTs               #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase          #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes          #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
@@ -160,8 +161,12 @@
         >>= runConnection mempty srv
 
     resolve :: SocketType -> Maybe HostName -> S.ServiceName -> Bool -> IO AddrInfo
-    resolve socketType mhost port passive =
-        head <$> getAddrInfo (Just hints) mhost (Just port)
+    resolve socketType mhost port passive = 
+        getAddrInfo (Just hints) mhost (Just port) >>= \case
+          -- Data.List.head emits a warning in GHC 9.8+. Therefore, we're being more explicit
+          -- about possible error cases.
+          [addr] -> pure addr
+          _      -> error "No addresses"
       where
         hints = defaultHints
           { addrSocketType = socketType