diff --git a/securemem.cabal b/securemem.cabal
--- a/securemem.cabal
+++ b/securemem.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                securemem
-Version:             0.1.8
+Version:             0.1.9
 Synopsis:            abstraction to an auto scrubbing and const time eq, memory chunk.
 Description:
     SecureMem is similar to ByteString, except that it provides a memory chunk that
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   Build-depends:     base >= 4 && < 5
                    , bytestring
                    , byteable >= 0.1.1
-                   , memory
+                   , memory >= 0.7
                    , ghc-prim
   C-sources:         cbits/utils.c
   ghc-options:       -Wall -fwarn-tabs