diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.9 :
+
+- ensure it builds with ghc 8.6.5 (== stackage lts 14.27) as well
+- relax lower bound
+
 0.8 :
 
 - add `exceptions` dependency
diff --git a/splitmix-distributions.cabal b/splitmix-distributions.cabal
--- a/splitmix-distributions.cabal
+++ b/splitmix-distributions.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           splitmix-distributions
-version:        0.8.0.0
+version:        0.9.0.0
 description:    Random samplers for some common distributions, as well as a convenient interface for composing them, based on splitmix. Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/ocramz/splitmix-distributions#readme>
 homepage:       https://github.com/ocramz/splitmix-distributions#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/ocramz/splitmix-distributions/issues
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 license-file:   LICENSE
 build-type:     Simple
 cabal-version:  >= 1.10
-tested-with:    GHC == 8.10.4
+tested-with:    GHC == 8.6.5, GHC == 8.10.4
 extra-source-files:
     README.md
     ChangeLog.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       src
   build-depends:
                     base >=4.7 && <5
-                  , containers >= 0.6.2.1
+                  , containers
                   , erf
                   , exceptions
                   , mtl
diff --git a/src/System/Random/SplitMix/Distributions.hs b/src/System/Random/SplitMix/Distributions.hs
--- a/src/System/Random/SplitMix/Distributions.hs
+++ b/src/System/Random/SplitMix/Distributions.hs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Class (MonadTrans(..))
 import Control.Monad.State (MonadState(..), modify)
 -- splitmix
-import System.Random.SplitMix (SMGen, mkSMGen, initSMGen, unseedSMGen, splitSMGen, nextInt, nextInteger, nextDouble)
+import System.Random.SplitMix (SMGen, mkSMGen, initSMGen, unseedSMGen, splitSMGen, nextDouble)
 -- transformers
 import Control.Monad.Trans.State (StateT(..), runStateT, evalStateT, State, runState, evalState)