diff --git a/snaplet-sqlite-simple.cabal b/snaplet-sqlite-simple.cabal
--- a/snaplet-sqlite-simple.cabal
+++ b/snaplet-sqlite-simple.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           snaplet-sqlite-simple
-version:        0.4.5
+version:        0.4.6
 synopsis:       sqlite-simple snaplet for the Snap Framework
 description:    This snaplet provides support for using the SQLite
                 database with a Snap Framework application via the
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     Paths_snaplet_sqlite_simple
 
   build-depends:
-    aeson                      >= 0.6     && < 0.7,
+    aeson                      >= 0.6     && < 0.8,
     base                       >= 4       && < 5,
     bytestring                 >= 0.9.1   && < 0.11,
     clientsession              >= 0.8     && < 0.10,
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
     mtl                        >= 2       && < 3,
     sqlite-simple              >= 0.4.1   && < 1.0,
     direct-sqlite              >= 2.3.3   && < 2.4,
-    snap                       >= 0.10    && < 0.14,
-    text                       >= 0.11    && < 0.12,
-    transformers               >= 0.2     && < 0.4,
+    snap                       >= 0.13    && < 0.14,
+    text                       >= 0.11    && < 1.2,
+    transformers               >= 0.3     && < 0.4,
     unordered-containers       >= 0.2     && < 0.3
 
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                   , SafeCWD
 
   build-depends:
-    aeson                      >= 0.6      && < 0.7,
+    aeson,
     HUnit                      >= 1.2      && < 2,
     MonadCatchIO-transformers  >= 0.2      && < 0.4,
     base                       >= 4        && < 5,
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@
     stm                        >= 2.4,
     test-framework             >= 0.6      && < 0.9,
     test-framework-hunit       >= 0.2.7    && < 0.4,
-    text                       >= 0.11     && < 0.12,
+    text                       >= 0.11     && < 1.2,
     time                       >= 1.1,
-    transformers               >= 0.2,
+    transformers               >= 0.3     && < 0.4,
     unordered-containers       >= 0.2     && < 0.3
 
   default-extensions:
diff --git a/src/Snap/Snaplet/Auth/Backends/SqliteSimple.hs b/src/Snap/Snaplet/Auth/Backends/SqliteSimple.hs
--- a/src/Snap/Snaplet/Auth/Backends/SqliteSimple.hs
+++ b/src/Snap/Snaplet/Auth/Backends/SqliteSimple.hs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import           Data.Maybe
 import           Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding as LT
 import qualified Database.SQLite.Simple as S
@@ -241,9 +242,13 @@
           meta <- fmap (fmap (fromMaybe HM.empty . A.decode' . LT.encodeUtf8)) _userMeta
           return $ fromMaybe HM.empty meta
 
+        -- NOTE I think the T/LT.encudeUtf8 will break if the Roles
+        -- list contains strings that are not valid UTF-8.  It's
+        -- probably never the case, though.  In my defense, this is a
+        -- rarely used feature, and somewhat deprecated in Snap.
         textDecodeBS :: Maybe LT.Text -> Maybe [ByteString]
         textDecodeBS Nothing  = Nothing
-        textDecodeBS (Just t) = A.decode' . LT.encodeUtf8 $ t
+        textDecodeBS (Just t) = fmap (map T.encodeUtf8) . A.decode' . LT.encodeUtf8 $ t
 
 
 querySingle :: (ToRow q, FromRow a)