diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-#### 0.16.1.5
+#### 0.16.1.7
+
+* Allow base 4.8 and HStringTemplate 0.8 for GHC 7.10 compatibility.
+
+#### 0.16.1.6
 
 * Bump `rest-core`.
 
diff --git a/rest-gen.cabal b/rest-gen.cabal
--- a/rest-gen.cabal
+++ b/rest-gen.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rest-gen
-version:             0.16.1.6
+version:             0.16.1.7
 description:         Documentation and client generation from rest definition.
 synopsis:            Documentation and client generation from rest definition.
 maintainer:          code@silk.co
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
     Rest.Gen.Base.XML
     Rest.Gen.Utils
   build-depends:
-      base >= 4.5 && < 4.8
+      base >= 4.5 && < 4.9
     , Cabal >= 1.16 && < 1.23
-    , HStringTemplate >= 0.6 && < 0.8
+    , HStringTemplate >= 0.6 && < 0.9
     , aeson >= 0.7 && < 0.9
     , blaze-html >= 0.5 && < 0.8
     , code-builder == 0.1.*
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   type:              exitcode-stdio-1.0
   ghc-options:       -Wall
   build-depends:
-      base >= 4.5 && < 4.8
+      base >= 4.5 && < 4.9
     , HUnit == 1.2.*
     , fclabels >= 1.0.4 && < 2.1
     , haskell-src-exts >= 1.15.0 && < 1.17