diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+#### 0.5.0.0
+
+* Add `ApiStateC ExceptT` instance
+
+* Add `MonadCatch ApiT` instance.
+
+* Remove dependency on `exception-transformers` and drop `MonadException` instances. Use `MonadCatch` and `MonadThrow` instead.
+
+
 #### 0.4.0.5
 
 * Allow `aeson-utils 0.3.*`
diff --git a/rest-client.cabal b/rest-client.cabal
--- a/rest-client.cabal
+++ b/rest-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rest-client
-version:             0.4.0.5
+version:             0.5.0.0
 description:         Utility library for use in generated API client libraries.
 synopsis:            Utility library for use in generated API client libraries.
 maintainer:          code@silk.co
@@ -29,17 +29,19 @@
     , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11
     , case-insensitive >= 0.4 && < 1.3
     , data-default == 0.5.*
-    , exception-transformers == 0.3.*
+    , exceptions == 0.8.*
     , http-conduit == 2.1.*
     , http-types >= 0.7 && < 0.9
     , hxt >= 9.2 && < 9.4
     , hxt-pickle-utils == 0.1.*
-    , monad-control >= 0.3 && < 1.1
+    , monad-control (>= 0.3.3.1 && < 0.4) || (>= 1.0.0.3 && < 1.1)
     , mtl >= 2.0 && < 2.3
     , primitive == 0.5.*
-    , resourcet == 1.1.*
-    , rest-types >= 1.11 && < 1.13
+    , resourcet >= 1.1.4 && < 1.2
+    , rest-types == 1.13.*
     , tostring == 0.2.*
-    , transformers-base == 0.4.*
+    , transformers >= 0.3 && < 0.5
+    , transformers-base >= 0.4.4 && < 0.5
+    , transformers-compat >= 0.3 && < 0.5
     , uri-encode == 1.5.*
     , utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 1.1
diff --git a/src/Rest/Client/Base.hs b/src/Rest/Client/Base.hs
--- a/src/Rest/Client/Base.hs
+++ b/src/Rest/Client/Base.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# OPTIONS -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+{-# OPTIONS -fno-warn-orphans -fno-warn-deprecations #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE
     CPP
   , FlexibleContexts
@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@
 
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Monad.Base
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadCatch (catch))
 import Control.Monad.Cont hiding (mapM)
 import Control.Monad.Error hiding (mapM)
-import Control.Monad.Exception
 import Control.Monad.List hiding (mapM)
 import Control.Monad.Primitive (PrimMonad)
 import Control.Monad.RWS hiding (mapM)
 import Control.Monad.Reader hiding (mapM)
 import Control.Monad.State hiding (mapM)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Control
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Except (ExceptT)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource
 import Control.Monad.Writer hiding (mapM)
 import Data.ByteString
@@ -100,18 +101,17 @@
   restoreM     = defaultRestoreM unStMApiT
 #endif
 
-instance (MonadException m, MonadBaseControl IO m) => MonadException (ResourceT m) where
-  throw     = lift . throw
-  catch c f = lift (runResourceT c `catch` (runResourceT . f))
-
-instance (MonadException m, MonadBaseControl IO m) => MonadException (ApiT m) where
-  throw     = lift . throw
-  catch c f = ApiT (unApiT c `catch` (unApiT . f))
-
 instance MonadThrow m => MonadThrow (ApiT m) where throwM = ApiT . lift . lift . lift . throwM
 
+instance MonadCatch m => MonadCatch (ApiT m) where catch c f = ApiT (unApiT c `catch` (unApiT . f))
+
 instance (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m, MonadBase IO m, PrimMonad IO, Functor m, Applicative m) => MonadResource (ApiT m) where
   liftResourceT = ApiT . lift . lift . transResourceT liftIO
+
+instance ApiStateC m => ApiStateC (ExceptT e m) where
+  getApiState = lift getApiState
+  askApiInfo  = lift askApiInfo
+  putApiState = lift . putApiState
 
 instance (Error e, ApiStateC m) => ApiStateC (ErrorT e m) where
   getApiState = lift getApiState