diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 0.31
+
+* Schema: `action` has been renamed to `static` since it is tied to `statics` and to disambiguate it from the unrelated `actions`.
+
 #### 0.30.0.3
 
 * Use `json-schema 0.5.*`
diff --git a/rest-core.cabal b/rest-core.cabal
--- a/rest-core.cabal
+++ b/rest-core.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rest-core
-version:             0.30.0.3
+version:             0.31
 description:         Rest API library.
 synopsis:            Rest API library.
 maintainer:          code@silk.co
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@
     , aeson >= 0.7 && < 0.8
     , aeson-utils == 0.2.*
     , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11
-    , containers >= 0.3 && < 0.6
-    , either >= 3.4 && < 4.2
+    , either >= 3.4 && < 4.4
     , errors == 1.4.*
     , fclabels == 2.0.*
     , hxt >= 9.2 && < 9.4
     , hxt-pickle-utils == 0.1.*
-    , json-schema == 0.5.*
+    , json-schema == 0.6.*
     , mtl >= 2.0 && < 2.3
     , multipart >= 0.1.1 && < 0.2
     , random == 1.0.*
diff --git a/src/Rest/Driver/Perform.hs b/src/Rest/Driver/Perform.hs
--- a/src/Rest/Driver/Perform.hs
+++ b/src/Rest/Driver/Perform.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 class (Applicative m, Monad m) => Rest m where
   getHeader       :: String -> m (Maybe String)
   getParameter    :: String -> m (Maybe String)
-  getBody         :: m (UTF8.ByteString)
+  getBody         :: m UTF8.ByteString
   getMethod       :: m Rest.Method
   getPaths        :: m [String]
   lookupMimeType  :: String -> m (Maybe String)
diff --git a/src/Rest/Schema.hs b/src/Rest/Schema.hs
--- a/src/Rest/Schema.hs
+++ b/src/Rest/Schema.hs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 -- | This module contains data types and combinators for defining a
 -- 'Schema' for your 'Resource'. A 'Schema' has three type parameters,
 -- specifying the identifiers for a single resource, a listing, and a
--- top-level action. After routing, these identifiers will be passed
--- to the 'Handler'.
+-- top-level (static) action. After routing, these identifiers will be
+-- passed to the 'Handler'.
 module Rest.Schema
   ( -- * A set of combinators for creating schemas.
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   , singleton
     -- ** Named endpoints
   , named
-  , action
+  , static
   , single
   , singleBy
   , singleRead
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
 named :: [(String, Endpoint sid mid aid)] -> Step sid mid aid
 named = Named
 
--- | An action endpoint.
+-- | A top level action endpoint for this resource.
 
-action :: aid -> Endpoint sid mid aid
-action = Left
+static :: aid -> Endpoint sid mid aid
+static = Left
 
 -- | A singleton resource endpoint.
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
 -- | A 'Schema' describes how (part of the) route to a resource looks,
 -- and returns an identifier for a single resource ('sid'), many
--- resources ('mid') or an action ('aid').
+-- resources ('mid') or a static action ('aid').
 -- The first argument specifies the top level resource (no path
 -- segments). The second specifies a what happens at the first step in
 -- the path.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
 -- | A step in the routing of a resource. A part of the uri either
 -- identifies a 'Named' resource, or an 'Unnamed' resource. Named
--- resources can be actions ('Left') or one or many singletons or
+-- resources can be static actions ('Left') or one or many singletons or
 -- by's.
 
 data Step sid mid aid = Named   [(String, Endpoint sid mid aid)]
@@ -176,6 +176,6 @@
 
 data Id id = forall a. Id (Ident a) (a -> id)
 
--- | A named endpoint: an action, a single item of many items.
+-- | A named endpoint: an static action, a single item of many items.
 
 type Endpoint sid mid aid = Either aid (Cardinality (Getter sid) (Getter mid))