diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.3.9
+
+Author: RyanGlScott <ryan.gl.scott@ku.edu>
+
+* Bump text upper version bounds
+
 0.3.8
 
 Author: Antoine Latter <aslatter@gmail.com>
diff --git a/quickcheck-instances.cabal b/quickcheck-instances.cabal
--- a/quickcheck-instances.cabal
+++ b/quickcheck-instances.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                quickcheck-instances
-Version:             0.3.8
+Version:             0.3.9
 Synopsis:            Common quickcheck instances
 Description:         QuickCheck instances.
                      .
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                        unordered-containers >= 0.2.1 && < 0.3,
                        old-time >= 1.0 && < 1.2,
                        QuickCheck >= 2.1 && < 2.8,
-                       text >= 0.7 && < 1.2,
+                       text >= 0.7 && < 1.3,
                        time >= 1.1 && < 1.5
 
   Ghc-options:         -Wall