diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 matrix:
   include:
     - env: CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.3
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.2"
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.3"
       addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.22,ghc-7.10.3,alex-3.1.7,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
     - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2
       compiler: ": #GHC 8.0.2"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     fi
   - travis_retry cabal update
   - "sed -i  's/^jobs:.*$/jobs: 2/' $HOME/.cabal/config"
-  - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --dry -v pipes-cacophony.cabal > installplan.txt
+  - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests -fbuild-examples --dry -v pipes-cacophony.cabal > installplan.txt
   - sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt
 
   # check whether current requested install-plan matches cached package-db snapshot
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
       echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
       rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
       mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
-      cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests pipes-cacophony.cabal;
-      if [ "$GHCVER" = "7.10.1" ]; then cabal install Cabal-1.22.4.0; fi;
+      cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests -fbuild-examples pipes-cacophony.cabal;
     fi
 
   # snapshot package-db on cache miss
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@
     fi
 
 script:
-  - cabal configure --enable-tests -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
+  - cabal configure --enable-tests -fbuild-examples -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
   - cabal build   # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests)
   - cabal test
   - cabal sdist   # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
@@ -79,4 +78,4 @@
   # If there are no other `.tar.gz` files in `dist`, this can be even simpler:
   # `cabal install --force-reinstalls dist/*-*.tar.gz`
   - SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz &&
-    (cd dist && cabal install --enable-tests -fbuild-examples --run-tests --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
+    (cd dist && cabal install --enable-tests --run-tests -fbuild-examples --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.4.0
+
+* Brought up to date with cacophony API changes
+
+* Updated travis configuration
+
 # 0.3.0
 
 * Brought up to date with cacophony API changes
diff --git a/examples/loopback/Main.hs b/examples/loopback/Main.hs
--- a/examples/loopback/Main.hs
+++ b/examples/loopback/Main.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module Main where
 
+import Control.Exception     (SomeException)
 import Control.Lens
-import Control.Monad (forever)
+import Control.Monad         (forever)
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (unpack, pack)
 import Pipes
 import qualified Pipes.Prelude as P
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@
 
 import Pipes.Noise
 
-strToSB :: Pipe String ScrubbedBytes IO (Either NoiseException ())
+strToSB :: Pipe String ScrubbedBytes IO (Either SomeException ())
 strToSB = forever $ await >>= yield . convert . pack
 
-sbToStr :: Pipe ScrubbedBytes String IO (Either NoiseException ())
+sbToStr :: Pipe ScrubbedBytes String IO (Either SomeException ())
 sbToStr = forever $ await >>= yield . unpack . convert
 
 main :: IO ()
diff --git a/pipes-cacophony.cabal b/pipes-cacophony.cabal
--- a/pipes-cacophony.cabal
+++ b/pipes-cacophony.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:          pipes-cacophony
-version:       0.3.0
+version:       0.4.0
 synopsis:      Pipes for Noise-secured network connections.
 license:       PublicDomain
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   build-depends:
     base       >=4.8 && <5,
     bytestring,
-    cacophony  >=0.7,
+    cacophony  >=0.8,
     pipes
   hs-source-dirs:   src
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Pipes/Noise.hs b/src/Pipes/Noise.hs
--- a/src/Pipes/Noise.hs
+++ b/src/Pipes/Noise.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   ) where
 
 import Control.Concurrent.MVar (MVar, newMVar, putMVar, takeMVar)
+import Control.Exception       (SomeException)
 import Data.ByteString         (ByteString)
 import Pipes                   (Pipe, MonadIO, await, yield, liftIO)
 
@@ -34,14 +35,15 @@
 --   second used for outbound messages.
 mkNoisePipes :: (MonadIO m, Cipher c, DH d, Hash h)
              => NoiseState c d h
-             -> IO (InboundNoisePipe m (Either NoiseException ()), OutboundNoisePipe m (Either NoiseException ()))
+             -> IO (InboundNoisePipe  m (Either SomeException ()),
+                    OutboundNoisePipe m (Either SomeException ()))
 mkNoisePipes ns = do
   nsmv <- liftIO . newMVar $ ns
   return (inboundPipe nsmv, outboundPipe nsmv)
 
 inboundPipe :: (MonadIO m, Cipher c, DH d, Hash h)
             => MVar (NoiseState c d h)
-            -> InboundNoisePipe m (Either NoiseException ())
+            -> InboundNoisePipe m (Either SomeException ())
 inboundPipe nsmv = do
   msg <- await
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 
 outboundPipe :: (MonadIO m, Cipher c, DH d, Hash h)
              => MVar (NoiseState c d h)
-             -> OutboundNoisePipe m (Either NoiseException ())
+             -> OutboundNoisePipe m (Either SomeException ())
 outboundPipe nsmv = do
   msg <- await