diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.1.7.1
+
+* transformers-compat 0.5
+
 ## 1.1.7
 
 * Canonicalise Monad instances [#237](https://github.com/snoyberg/conduit/pull/237)
diff --git a/resourcet.cabal b/resourcet.cabal
--- a/resourcet.cabal
+++ b/resourcet.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                resourcet
-Version:             1.1.7
+Version:             1.1.7.1
 Synopsis:            Deterministic allocation and freeing of scarce resources.
 description:         Hackage documentation generation is not reliable. For up to date documentation, please see: <http://www.stackage.org/package/resourcet>.
 License:             BSD3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                      , monad-control            >= 0.3.1        && < 1.1
                      , containers
                      , transformers             >= 0.2.2        && < 0.5
-                     , transformers-compat      >= 0.3          && < 0.5
+                     , transformers-compat      >= 0.3          && < 0.6
                      , mtl                      >= 2.0          && < 2.3
                      , mmorph
                      , exceptions               >= 0.5