diff --git a/serverless-haskell.cabal b/serverless-haskell.cabal
--- a/serverless-haskell.cabal
+++ b/serverless-haskell.cabal
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: c93ee15cc03bec645bc7c0bcc5d79dc780a7a7637006e21bf6351a5eb31d55bf
+-- hash: 8744fabb134bae654aeb0568028f9f99e96f2f7feeb7526d6c85b95685022f8e
 
 name:           serverless-haskell
-version:        0.0.4
+version:        0.0.6
 synopsis:       Deploying Haskell code onto AWS Lambda using Serverless
 description:    Utilities to help process the events from AWS Lambda when deployed with the serverless-haskell plugin.
 category:       AWS, Cloud, Network
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
   build-depends:
       aeson
     , aeson-casing
-    , aeson-qq
     , amazonka-core
     , amazonka-kinesis
     , amazonka-s3
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@
     , hspec
     , hspec-discover
     , lens
+    , raw-strings-qq
     , serverless-haskell
     , text
     , time
diff --git a/test/AWSLambda/Events/KinesisEventSpec.hs b/test/AWSLambda/Events/KinesisEventSpec.hs
--- a/test/AWSLambda/Events/KinesisEventSpec.hs
+++ b/test/AWSLambda/Events/KinesisEventSpec.hs
@@ -7,21 +7,23 @@
 import           AWSLambda.Events.Records
 
 import           Data.Aeson
-import           Data.Aeson.QQ
-import           Data.ByteString               (ByteString)
+import           Data.ByteString.Lazy          (ByteString)
+
 import qualified Network.AWS.Kinesis.Types     as Kinesis
 import           Network.AWS.Types             (Region (..))
 
+import           Text.RawString.QQ
+
 import           Test.Hspec
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec =
   describe "KinesisEvent" $
     it "parses sample event" $
-      fromJSON sampleKinesisJSON `shouldBe` Success sampleKinesisEvent
+      decode sampleKinesisJSON `shouldBe` Just sampleKinesisEvent
 
-sampleKinesisJSON :: Value
-sampleKinesisJSON = [aesonQQ|
+sampleKinesisJSON :: ByteString
+sampleKinesisJSON = [r|
 {
     "Records": [
         {
diff --git a/test/AWSLambda/Events/S3EventSpec.hs b/test/AWSLambda/Events/S3EventSpec.hs
--- a/test/AWSLambda/Events/S3EventSpec.hs
+++ b/test/AWSLambda/Events/S3EventSpec.hs
@@ -7,25 +7,26 @@
 import           AWSLambda.Events.S3Event
 
 import           Data.Aeson
-import           Data.Aeson.QQ
-import           Data.ByteString           (ByteString)
-import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict       as HashMap
+import           Data.ByteString.Lazy     (ByteString)
 import           Data.Time.Calendar
 import           Data.Time.Clock
+
 import           Network.AWS.S3
 
+import           Text.RawString.QQ
+
 import           Test.Hspec
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec =
   describe "S3Event" $ do
     it "parses sample Put event" $
-      fromJSON sampleS3PutJSON `shouldBe` Success sampleS3PutEvent
+      decode sampleS3PutJSON `shouldBe` Just sampleS3PutEvent
     it "parses sample Delete event" $
-      fromJSON sampleS3DeleteJSON `shouldBe` Success sampleS3DeleteEvent
+      decode sampleS3DeleteJSON `shouldBe` Just sampleS3DeleteEvent
 
-sampleS3PutJSON :: Value
-sampleS3PutJSON = [aesonQQ|
+sampleS3PutJSON :: ByteString
+sampleS3PutJSON = [r|
 {
   "Records": [
     {
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@
     ]
   }
 
-sampleS3DeleteJSON :: Value
-sampleS3DeleteJSON = [aesonQQ|
+sampleS3DeleteJSON :: ByteString
+sampleS3DeleteJSON = [r|
   {
   "Records": [
     {
diff --git a/test/AWSLambda/Events/SNSEventSpec.hs b/test/AWSLambda/Events/SNSEventSpec.hs
--- a/test/AWSLambda/Events/SNSEventSpec.hs
+++ b/test/AWSLambda/Events/SNSEventSpec.hs
@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@
 import           AWSLambda.Events.SNSEvent
 
 import           Data.Aeson
-import           Data.Aeson.QQ
-import           Data.ByteString           (ByteString)
+import           Data.ByteString.Lazy      (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict       as HashMap
-import           Data.Time.Clock
 import           Data.Time.Calendar
-import           Network.AWS.Types         (Region (..))
+import           Data.Time.Clock
 
+import           Text.RawString.QQ
+
 import           Test.Hspec
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec =
   describe "SNSEvent" $
     it "parses sample event" $
-      fromJSON sampleSNSJSON `shouldBe` Success sampleSNSEvent
+      decode sampleSNSJSON `shouldBe` Just sampleSNSEvent
 
-sampleSNSJSON :: Value
-sampleSNSJSON = [aesonQQ|
+sampleSNSJSON :: ByteString
+sampleSNSJSON = [r|
 {
   "Records": [
     {