diff --git a/snap-core.cabal b/snap-core.cabal
--- a/snap-core.cabal
+++ b/snap-core.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           snap-core
-version:        0.9.4.1
+version:        0.9.5.0
 synopsis:       Snap: A Haskell Web Framework (core interfaces and types)
 
 description:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 author:         James Sanders, Shu-yu Guo, Gregory Collins, Doug Beardsley
 maintainer:     snap@snapframework.com
 build-type:     Simple
-cabal-version:  >= 1.6
+cabal-version:  >= 1.8
 homepage:       http://snapframework.com/
 category:       Web, Snap
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     directory                 >= 1       && < 2,
     enumerator                >= 0.4.15  && < 0.5,
     filepath                  >= 1.1     && < 2.0,
-    hashable                  >= 1.1     && < 1.2,
+    hashable                  (>= 1.1     && < 1.2) || (>= 1.2.1 && <1.3),
     HUnit                     >= 1.2     && < 2,
     MonadCatchIO-transformers >= 0.2.1   && < 0.4,
     mtl                       >= 2.0     && < 2.2,