diff --git a/src/Test/Syd/Aeson.hs b/src/Test/Syd/Aeson.hs
--- a/src/Test/Syd/Aeson.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Syd/Aeson.hs
@@ -41,17 +41,18 @@
         ensureDir (parent p)
         SB.writeFile (fromAbsFile p) $ LB.toStrict $ JSON.encodePretty value,
       goldenTestCompare = \actual expected ->
-        if actual == expected
-          then Nothing
-          else
-            Just
-              ( Context
-                  ( textsNotEqualButShouldHaveBeenEqual
-                      (TE.decodeUtf8 (LB.toStrict (JSON.encodePretty actual)))
-                      (TE.decodeUtf8 (LB.toStrict (JSON.encodePretty expected)))
-                  )
-                  (goldenContext fp)
-              )
+        pure $
+          if actual == expected
+            then Nothing
+            else
+              Just
+                ( Context
+                    ( textsNotEqualButShouldHaveBeenEqual
+                        (TE.decodeUtf8 (LB.toStrict (JSON.encodePretty actual)))
+                        (TE.decodeUtf8 (LB.toStrict (JSON.encodePretty expected)))
+                    )
+                    (goldenContext fp)
+                )
     }
 
 -- | Test that the given 'JSON.Value' is the same as what we find in the given golden file.
@@ -82,9 +83,10 @@
         ensureDir (parent p)
         SB.writeFile (fromAbsFile p) $ LB.toStrict $ JSON.encodePretty value,
       goldenTestCompare = \actual expected ->
-        if actual == expected
-          then Nothing
-          else Just (Context (stringsNotEqualButShouldHaveBeenEqual (ppShow actual) (ppShow expected)) (goldenContext fp))
+        pure $
+          if actual == expected
+            then Nothing
+            else Just (Context (stringsNotEqualButShouldHaveBeenEqual (ppShow actual) (ppShow expected)) (goldenContext fp))
     }
 
 -- | Test that the given 'JSON.Value' is the same as what we find in the given golden file.
diff --git a/sydtest-aeson.cabal b/sydtest-aeson.cabal
--- a/sydtest-aeson.cabal
+++ b/sydtest-aeson.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.7.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.36.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
---
--- hash: 146fca0f19cd3781f36f8b0224fcd12370fa9dc1506f8adbd22c3078a82992fd
 
 name:           sydtest-aeson
-version:        0.1.0.0
+version:        0.2.0.0
 synopsis:       An aeson companion library for sydtest
 category:       Testing
 homepage:       https://github.com/NorfairKing/sydtest#readme
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@
     , deepseq
     , path
     , path-io
-    , sydtest
+    , sydtest >=0.17
     , text
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
diff --git a/test/Test/Syd/AesonSpec.hs b/test/Test/Syd/AesonSpec.hs
--- a/test/Test/Syd/AesonSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Test/Syd/AesonSpec.hs
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@
 spec = do
   describe "pureGoldenJSONFile" $ do
     it "outputs this example the same as before" $
-      pureGoldenJSONFile
-        "test_resources/pure-example.json"
-        $ JSON.object
-          ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
+      pureGoldenJSONFile "test_resources/pure-example.json" $
+        JSON.object ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
 
     it "does not write an empty file if encoding fails" $ do
       let path = "test_resources/pure-example-exception.json"
@@ -37,16 +35,16 @@
 
   describe "goldenJSONFile" $
     it "outputs this example the same as before" $
-      goldenJSONFile
-        "test_resources/example.json"
-        $ pure $ JSON.object ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
+      goldenJSONFile "test_resources/example.json" $
+        pure $
+          JSON.object ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
 
   describe "pureGoldenJSONValueFile" $ do
-    it "outputs this example the same as before" $
-      pureGoldenJSONValueFile
+    it "outputs this example the same as before"
+      $ pureGoldenJSONValueFile
         "test_resources/pure-example-value.json"
-        $ JSON.object
-          ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
+      $ JSON.object
+        ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
 
     it "does not write an empty file if encoding fails" $ do
       let path = "test_resources/pure-example-value-exception.json"
@@ -65,6 +63,6 @@
 
   describe "goldenJSONValueFile" $
     it "outputs this example the same as before" $
-      goldenJSONValueFile
-        "test_resources/example-value.json"
-        $ pure $ JSON.object ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]
+      goldenJSONValueFile "test_resources/example-value.json" $
+        pure $
+          JSON.object ["hello" .= ("world" :: Text), "a" .= (1 :: Int), "b" .= True]