diff --git a/stm-conduit.cabal b/stm-conduit.cabal
--- a/stm-conduit.cabal
+++ b/stm-conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                stm-conduit
-Version:             2.2.1
+Version:             2.2.1.1
 Synopsis:            Introduces conduits to channels, and promotes using
                      conduits concurrently.
 Description:         Provides two simple conduit wrappers around STM
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       , cereal         >= 0.4.0.1
       , cereal-conduit >= 0.7.2
       , conduit        == 1.0.*
-      , directory      >= 1.2
+      , directory      >= 1.1
       , resourcet      >= 0.3 && < 0.5
       , async          >= 2.0.1
       , monad-control  >= 0.3.2
