diff --git a/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/Graph.hs b/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/Graph.hs
--- a/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/Graph.hs
+++ b/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/Graph.hs
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 import           Data.Sequence ( Seq, (<|), viewl, ViewL(..) )
 import qualified Data.Sequence as S
 import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified GI.Cairo.Render as C
+import           GI.Cairo.Render.Connector
+import qualified GI.Cairo.Render.Matrix as M
 import qualified GI.Gtk as Gtk
-import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo as C
-import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Matrix as M
 import           Prelude hiding ( mapM_ )
 import           System.Taffybar.Util
 import           System.Taffybar.Widget.Util
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@
                            }
 
   Gtk.widgetSetSizeRequest drawArea (fromIntegral $ graphWidth cfg) (-1)
-  _ <- Gtk.onWidgetDraw drawArea (\ctx -> renderWithContext ctx (drawGraph mv drawArea) >> return True)
+  _ <- Gtk.onWidgetDraw drawArea (\ctx -> renderWithContext (drawGraph mv drawArea) ctx >> return True)
   box <- Gtk.hBoxNew False 1
 
   case graphLabel cfg of
diff --git a/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/VerticalBar.hs b/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/VerticalBar.hs
--- a/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/VerticalBar.hs
+++ b/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Generic/VerticalBar.hs
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 import           Control.Concurrent
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import qualified GI.Cairo.Render as C
+import           GI.Cairo.Render.Connector
 import           GI.Gtk hiding (widgetGetAllocatedSize)
-import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo as C
 import           System.Taffybar.Util
 import           System.Taffybar.Widget.Util
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@
       , barConfig = cfg
       }
   widgetSetSizeRequest drawArea (fromIntegral $ barWidth cfg) (-1)
-  _ <- onWidgetDraw drawArea $ \ctx -> renderWithContext ctx (drawBar mv drawArea) >> return True
+  _ <- onWidgetDraw drawArea $ \ctx -> renderWithContext (drawBar mv drawArea) ctx >> return True
   box <- hBoxNew False 1
   boxPackStart box drawArea True True 0
   widgetShowAll box
diff --git a/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Util.hs b/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Util.hs
--- a/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Util.hs
+++ b/src/System/Taffybar/Widget/Util.hs
@@ -30,14 +30,10 @@
 import           System.Taffybar.Information.XDG.DesktopEntry
 import           System.Taffybar.Util
 import           Text.Printf
-import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo as C
 import qualified GI.Cairo
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (runReaderT)
-import           Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Internal (Render(runRender))
 import           Foreign.Ptr (castPtr)
-import           Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Types (Cairo(Cairo))
 
-
 import           Paths_taffybar ( getDataDir )
 
 -- | Execute the given action as a response to any of the given types
@@ -167,7 +163,3 @@
 setMinWidth width widget = liftIO $ do
   Gtk.widgetSetSizeRequest widget (fromIntegral width) (-1)
   return widget
-
-renderWithContext :: GI.Cairo.Context -> C.Render () -> IO ()
-renderWithContext ct r = GI.Cairo.withManagedPtr ct $ \p ->
-  runReaderT (runRender r) (Cairo (castPtr p))
diff --git a/taffybar.cabal b/taffybar.cabal
--- a/taffybar.cabal
+++ b/taffybar.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: taffybar
-version: 3.1.0
+version: 3.1.1
 synopsis: A desktop bar similar to xmobar, but with more GUI
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
                , HTTP
                , X11 >= 1.5.0.1
                , bytestring
-               , cairo
                , containers
                , dbus >= 1.2.1 && < 2.0.0
                , dbus-hslogger >= 0.1.0.1 && < 0.2.0.0
@@ -54,6 +53,8 @@
                , enclosed-exceptions >= 1.0.0.1
                , filepath
                , gi-cairo
+               , gi-cairo-render
+               , gi-cairo-connector
                , gi-gdk
                , gi-gdkpixbuf >= 2.0.16
                , gi-gdkx11
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@
                , gi-gtk
                , gi-gtk-hs
                , gi-pango
-               , glib
                , gtk-sni-tray >= 0.1.5.0
                , gtk-strut >= 0.1.2.1
                , haskell-gi >= 0.21.2
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
                , rate-limit >= 1.1.1
                , regex-compat
                , safe >= 0.3 && < 1
-               , scotty >= 11.2 && < 12.0
+               , scotty >= 0.11.2 && < 0.12.0
                , split >= 0.1.4.2
                , status-notifier-item >= 0.3.0.1
                , stm