diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog — rapidhash
 
+## Unreleased
+
+## 0.1.1.0 - 2026-07-26
+
+### Added
+
+- For convenience, provide `NFData` instances for both `RapidHash` and `RapidSeed`.
+
 ## 0.1.0.0 - 2026-07-26
 
 Initial release.
diff --git a/rapidhash.cabal b/rapidhash.cabal
--- a/rapidhash.cabal
+++ b/rapidhash.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           rapidhash
-version:        0.1.0.0
+version:        0.1.1.0
 synopsis:       rapidhash v3 - very fast, high-quality, non-cryptographic hashing
 description:    Zero-copy FFI bindings to rapidhash v3, a very fast, high-quality,
                 non-cryptographic hash. The upstream single-header C implementation is
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     , binary ==0.8.*
     , bytestring ==0.12.*
     , bytestring-lexing ==0.5.*
+    , deepseq >=1.5 && <1.7
     , hashable ==1.5.*
     , primitive >=0.8 && <0.10
     , text ==2.1.*
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
     , binary ==0.8.*
     , bytestring ==0.12.*
     , bytestring-lexing ==0.5.*
+    , deepseq >=1.5 && <1.7
     , doctest-parallel ==0.4.*
     , hashable ==1.5.*
     , primitive >=0.8 && <0.10
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@
     , binary ==0.8.*
     , bytestring ==0.12.*
     , bytestring-lexing ==0.5.*
+    , deepseq >=1.5 && <1.7
     , hashable ==1.5.*
     , hedgehog ==1.7.*
     , primitive >=0.8 && <0.10
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@
     , binary ==0.8.*
     , bytestring ==0.12.*
     , bytestring-lexing ==0.5.*
-    , deepseq >=1.5 && <1.7
+    , deepseq >=1.4 && <1.7
     , hashable ==1.5.*
     , murmur-hash ==0.1.*
     , primitive >=0.8 && <0.10
diff --git a/src/Data/Hash/RapidHash/Types.hs b/src/Data/Hash/RapidHash/Types.hs
--- a/src/Data/Hash/RapidHash/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Hash/RapidHash/Types.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   readsRapidHash,
 ) where
 
+import Control.DeepSeq (NFData)
 import Control.Monad (when)
 import Control.Monad.ST.Strict (ST)
 import Data.Binary (Binary)
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
 -- | Minimal wrapper around a rapidhash seed.
 newtype RapidSeed = RapidSeed Word64
   deriving stock (Generic, Read, Show)
-  deriving newtype (Eq, Num, Ord)
+  deriving newtype (Eq, NFData, Num, Ord)
 
 -- | rapidhash's default seed is 0 in the reference implementation
 defaultSeed :: RapidSeed
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
 -- rhv3:0000000000000abc
 newtype RapidHash = RapidHash Word64
   deriving stock (Generic)
-  deriving newtype (Eq, Hashable, Ord)
+  deriving newtype (Eq, Hashable, NFData, Ord)
 
 -- |
 -- The prefix used during serialization and deserialization. This is not a universal