diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 # Revision history for rtnetlink
 
+## 0.1.0.2  -- 2017-03-27
+
+* Provide support for `base-4.8.*` by fixing `IsString` ambiguity in `LinkEther`.
+
 ## 0.1.0.2  -- 2017-03-26
 
-* Provide support for transformers-0.4.\*
+* Provide support for `transformers-0.4.*`.
 
 ## 0.1.0.1  -- 2017-03-25
 
-* Provide support for base-4.7.\*
+* Provide support for `base-4.7.*`.
 
 ## 0.1.0.0  -- 2017-03-24
 
diff --git a/rtnetlink.cabal b/rtnetlink.cabal
--- a/rtnetlink.cabal
+++ b/rtnetlink.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               rtnetlink
-version:            0.1.0.2
+version:            0.1.0.3
 synopsis:           Manipulate network devices, addresses, and routes on Linux
 description:        A high-level, extensible, pure Haskell interface to the
                     ROUTE_NETLINK subsystem of netlink for manipulating
diff --git a/src/System/Linux/RTNetlink/Link.hsc b/src/System/Linux/RTNetlink/Link.hsc
--- a/src/System/Linux/RTNetlink/Link.hsc
+++ b/src/System/Linux/RTNetlink/Link.hsc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         where
         hex w   = hexdig (w `div` 0x10) : hexdig (w `rem` 0x10) : []
         hexdig  = (!!) "0123456789abcdef" . fromIntegral
-        s <:> t = s ++ ":" ++ t
+        s <:> t = s ++ ":" ++ t :: String
 instance Serialize LinkEther where
     put (LinkEther a b c d e f) = put a >> put b >> put c >> put d >> put e >> put f
     get = LinkEther <$> get <*> get <*> get <*> get <*> get <*> get
diff --git a/tests/Main.hs b/tests/Main.hs
--- a/tests/Main.hs
+++ b/tests/Main.hs
@@ -141,10 +141,11 @@
 
         context "when given a bad interface index" $ do
             it "throws an exception" $ do
-                indices <- runRTNL $ dump AnyInterface
-                let badIx     = maximum indices + 1
-                    prefix    = IfPrefix 24
-                    interface = IfInetAddress testAddress4 prefix badIx
+                indices <- runRTNL $ dump AnyLink
+                let LinkIndex n = maximum indices + 1
+                    badIx       = IfIndex n
+                    prefix      = IfPrefix 24
+                    interface   = IfInetAddress testAddress4 prefix badIx
                 runRTNL (create interface) `shouldThrow` anyIOException
 
         context "when given a silly prefix" $ do