diff --git a/bench/Main.hs b/bench/Main.hs
--- a/bench/Main.hs
+++ b/bench/Main.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 module Main (main) where
@@ -13,9 +14,11 @@
 import Numeric.Natural (Natural)
 import System.Random.SplitMix as SM
 import Test.Tasty.Bench
+#if MIN_VERSION_primitive(0,7,1)
 import Control.Monad.Primitive
-import Data.Primitive.PrimArray
 import Data.Primitive.Types
+import Data.Primitive.PrimArray
+#endif
 
 import System.Random.Stateful
 
@@ -198,7 +201,9 @@
             in pureUniformRBench (Proxy :: Proxy Natural) range sz
           ]
         , bgroup "floating"
-          [ bgroup "IO"
+          [
+#if MIN_VERSION_primitive(0,7,1)
+            bgroup "IO"
             [ env ((,) <$> getStdGen <*> newAlignedPinnedPrimArray sz) $ \ ~(gen, ma) ->
                 bench "uniformFloat01M" $
                 nfIO (runStateGenT gen (fillMutablePrimArrayM uniformFloat01M ma))
@@ -212,7 +217,9 @@
                 bench "uniformDoublePositive01M" $
                 nfIO (runStateGenT gen (fillMutablePrimArrayM uniformDoublePositive01M ma))
             ]
-          , bgroup "State"
+          ,
+#endif
+            bgroup "State"
             [ env getStdGen $
                 bench "uniformFloat01M" . nf (`runStateGen` (replicateM_ sz . uniformFloat01M))
             , env getStdGen $
@@ -320,7 +327,7 @@
       | i < n = go (i + 1) $ f g
       | otherwise = y
 
-
+#if MIN_VERSION_primitive(0,7,1)
 fillMutablePrimArrayM ::
      (Prim a, PrimMonad m)
   => (gen -> m a)
@@ -334,3 +341,4 @@
         | otherwise = pure ()
   go 0
   unsafeFreezePrimArray ma
+#endif
diff --git a/random.cabal b/random.cabal
--- a/random.cabal
+++ b/random.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      >=1.10
 name:               random
-version:            1.2.1.2
+version:            1.2.1.3
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 maintainer:         core-libraries-committee@haskell.org
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
         ghc-options:
             -Wno-deprecations
     build-depends:
-        base,
-        containers >=0.5 && <0.7,
+        base >=4.8 && <5,
+        containers >=0.5 && <0.8,
         random
 
 test-suite doctests
@@ -132,16 +132,7 @@
     hs-source-dirs:   test
     default-language: Haskell2010
     build-depends:
-        base,
-        doctest >=0.15 && <0.23
-    if impl(ghc >= 8.2) && impl(ghc < 8.10)
-        build-depends:
-            mwc-random >=0.13 && <0.16,
-            primitive >=0.6 && <0.8,
-            random,
-            stm,
-            unliftio >=0.2 && <0.3,
-            vector >= 0.10 && <0.14
+        base >=4.8 && <5
 
 test-suite spec
     type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
@@ -155,7 +146,7 @@
     default-language: Haskell2010
     ghc-options:      -Wall
     build-depends:
-        base,
+        base >=4.8 && <5,
         bytestring,
         random,
         smallcheck >=1.2 && <1.3,
@@ -174,7 +165,7 @@
     default-language: Haskell2010
     ghc-options:      -Wall
     build-depends:
-        base,
+        base >=4.8 && <5,
         random,
         tasty >=1.0 && <1.6
     if impl(ghc >= 8.0)
@@ -196,7 +187,7 @@
             -Wno-deprecations
 
     build-depends:
-        base,
+        base >=4.8 && <5,
         random,
         rdtsc,
         split >=0.2 && <0.3,
@@ -209,9 +200,9 @@
     default-language: Haskell2010
     ghc-options:      -Wall -O2
     build-depends:
-        base,
+        base >=4.8 && <5,
         mtl,
-        primitive >= 0.7.1,
+        primitive,
         random,
         splitmix >=0.1 && <0.2,
         tasty-bench
diff --git a/test/doctests.hs b/test/doctests.hs
--- a/test/doctests.hs
+++ b/test/doctests.hs
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module Main where
 
-#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 802 && __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 810
-
-import Test.DocTest (doctest)
-
 main :: IO ()
-main = doctest ["src"]
-
-#else
-
--- Also disabled in cabal file.
--- TODO: fix doctest support
-main :: IO ()
-main = putStrLn "\nDoctests are not supported for older ghc version\n"
-
-#endif
+main = putStrLn "Doctest have been removed from the cabal into a standalone CI step in random-1.3"