diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 1.10.1
+
+* Added `ShowUrl` instance for strict and lazy `Text`.
+
 #### 1.10.0.3
 
 * Use `JSONSchema` `Any` type instead of `Choice []`
diff --git a/rest-types.cabal b/rest-types.cabal
--- a/rest-types.cabal
+++ b/rest-types.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rest-types
-version:             1.10.0.3
+version:             1.10.1
 description:         Silk Rest Framework Types
 synopsis:            Silk Rest Framework Types
 maintainer:          code@silk.co
@@ -28,16 +28,12 @@
   build-depends:
       base == 4.*
     , aeson >= 0.7 && < 0.8
-    , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11
-    , containers >= 0.4 && < 0.6
     , generic-aeson == 0.1.*
     , hxt >= 9.2 && < 9.4
-    , json-schema == 0.5.*
+    , json-schema == 0.6.*
     , mtl >= 2.0 && < 2.3
     , regular == 0.3.*
     , regular-xmlpickler == 0.2.*
     , rest-stringmap == 0.2.*
     , text >= 0.11 && < 1.2
-    , unordered-containers == 0.2.*
-    , utf8-string == 0.3.*
     , uuid >= 1.2 && < 1.4
diff --git a/src/Rest/Types/Container/Resource.hs b/src/Rest/Types/Container/Resource.hs
--- a/src/Rest/Types/Container/Resource.hs
+++ b/src/Rest/Types/Container/Resource.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
     DeriveDataTypeable
   , DeriveGeneric
   , EmptyDataDecls
+  , GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving
+  , StandaloneDeriving
   , TemplateHaskell
   , TypeFamilies
   #-}
@@ -22,20 +24,20 @@
 import Generics.Regular.XmlPickler (gxpickle)
 import Rest.StringMap.HashMap.Strict (StringHashMap)
 import Text.XML.HXT.Arrow.Pickle
-import qualified Data.JSON.Schema as Json
+import qualified Data.JSON.Schema.Combinators as Json
 
 type KeyValues = StringHashMap String Value
 
-newtype Value = Value { unValue :: String } deriving (Show, Typeable)
+newtype Value = Value { unValue :: String }
+  deriving (Show, Typeable)
 
+deriving instance ToJSON Value
+deriving instance FromJSON Value
+instance JSONSchema Value where
+  schema _ = Json.value
+
 instance XmlPickler Value where
   xpickle = xpElem "value" $ xpWrap (Value, unValue) xpText0
-
-instance ToJSON   Value where toJSON    = toJSON . unValue
-instance FromJSON Value where parseJSON = fmap Value . parseJSON
-
-instance JSONSchema Value where
-  schema _ = Json.Value 0 (-1)
 
 data Resource = Resource
   { uri        :: String
diff --git a/src/Rest/Types/ShowUrl.hs b/src/Rest/Types/ShowUrl.hs
--- a/src/Rest/Types/ShowUrl.hs
+++ b/src/Rest/Types/ShowUrl.hs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances
-           , FlexibleInstances
-           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE
+    FlexibleInstances
+  , TypeSynonymInstances
+  #-}
 module Rest.Types.ShowUrl (ShowUrl(..)) where
 
 import Data.UUID
+import qualified Data.Text      as ST
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
 
 class ShowUrl a where
   showUrl :: a -> String
@@ -12,3 +15,5 @@
 instance ShowUrl Int     where showUrl = show
 instance ShowUrl Integer where showUrl = show
 instance ShowUrl UUID    where showUrl = show
+instance ShowUrl ST.Text where showUrl = ST.unpack
+instance ShowUrl LT.Text where showUrl = LT.unpack