diff --git a/System/Process/Windows.hsc b/System/Process/Windows.hsc
--- a/System/Process/Windows.hsc
+++ b/System/Process/Windows.hsc
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 createPipeInternalFd :: IO (FD, FD)
 createPipeInternalFd = do
     allocaArray 2 $ \ pfds -> do
-        throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "_pipe" $ c__pipe pfds 2 (#const _O_BINARY)
+        throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "_pipe" $ c__pipe pfds 8192 (#const _O_BINARY)
         readfd <- peek pfds
         writefd <- peekElemOff pfds 1
         return (readfd, writefd)
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for [`process` package](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/process)
 
+## 1.6.10.0 *June 2020*
+
+* Give a usable buffer to `_pipe` on Windows [#182](https://github.com/haskell/process/pull/182)
+
 ## 1.6.9 *May 2020*
 
 * Windows: Fix buffer size of `QueryInformationJobObject` request [#176](https://github.com/haskell/process/pull/176/files)
diff --git a/process.cabal b/process.cabal
--- a/process.cabal
+++ b/process.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:          process
-version:       1.6.9.0
+version:       1.6.10.0
 -- NOTE: Don't forget to update ./changelog.md
 license:       BSD3
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     ghc-options: -Wall
 
-    build-depends: base      >= 4.8.2 && < 4.15,
+    build-depends: base      >= 4.8.2 && < 4.16,
                    directory >= 1.1 && < 1.4,
                    filepath  >= 1.2 && < 1.5,
                    deepseq   >= 1.1 && < 1.5