diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.6.1 (2024-04-03)
+  * tests: relax hspec upper bound
+
 ## 0.6.0 (2023-05-10)
   * add instances for `Refined1 p f a`; use refined1 library instead of refined
     (pending upstream)
diff --git a/strongweak.cabal b/strongweak.cabal
--- a/strongweak.cabal
+++ b/strongweak.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           strongweak
-version:        0.6.0
+version:        0.6.1
 synopsis:       Convert between strong and weak representations of types
 description:    Please see README.md.
 category:       Data
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@
       MagicHash
   ghc-options: -Wall
   build-tool-depends:
-      hspec-discover:hspec-discover >=2.7 && <2.10
+      hspec-discover:hspec-discover >=2.7 && <2.12
   build-depends:
       QuickCheck >=2.14.2 && <2.15
     , acc >=0.2.0.1 && <0.3
     , base >=4.14 && <5
     , either >=5.0.1.1 && <5.1
     , generic-random >=1.5.0.1 && <1.6
-    , hspec >=2.7 && <2.11
+    , hspec >=2.7 && <2.12
     , prettyprinter >=1.7.1 && <1.8
     , quickcheck-instances >=0.3.26 && <0.4
     , refined1 ==0.9.*