diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
 #
-#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs 'tasty-hspec.cabal'
+#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs 'tasty-hspec.cabal' '-o' '.travis.yml'
 #
-# For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+# For more information, see https://github.com/haskell-CI/haskell-ci
 #
 language: c
 sudo: false
@@ -28,20 +28,18 @@
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.4.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-7.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.6.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.8.4"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.10.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.4,ghc-8.6.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.4"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.4,ghc-8.4.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
     - compiler: "ghc-8.2.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.4,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.4,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
 before_install:
   - HC=${CC}
@@ -59,54 +57,43 @@
   - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
   - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
   - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
-  - INSTALLED=${INSTALLED-true}
+  - UNCONSTRAINED=${UNCONSTRAINED-true}
+  - NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS=${NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS-false}
   - GHCHEAD=${GHCHEAD-false}
   - travis_retry cabal update -v
   - "sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config"
   - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local
-  # Overlay Hackage Package Index for GHC HEAD: https://github.com/hvr/head.hackage
-  - |
-    if $GHCHEAD; then
-      sed -i.bak 's/-- allow-newer:.*/allow-newer: *:base, *:template-haskell, *:ghc, *:Cabal/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-
-      echo 'repository head.hackage'                                                        >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/'                                       >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   secure: True'                                                                >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   key-threshold: 3'                                                            >> ${HOME}/.cabal.config
-
-      cabal new-update head.hackage -v
-    fi
   - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
   - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\n' > cabal.project"
-  - cat cabal.project
+  - touch cabal.project.local
+  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg  | grep -vw -- tasty-hspec | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
   - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
       (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
     fi
   - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
   - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
   - cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
-  - rm -rf "."/.ghc.environment.* "."/dist
+  - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* "."/dist
   - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
 
 # Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
 # any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
 script:
   # test that source-distributions can be generated
-  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
-  - mv "."/dist/tasty-hspec-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cabal new-sdist all
+  - mv dist-newstyle/sdist/*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
   - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
   - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
   - "printf 'packages: tasty-hspec-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
-  - cat cabal.project
+  - touch cabal.project.local
+  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg  | grep -vw -- tasty-hspec | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
   # this builds all libraries and executables (without tests/benchmarks)
   - cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks all
 
-  # Build with installed constraints for packages in global-db
-  - if $INSTALLED; then echo cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks $(${HCPKG} list --global --simple-output --names-only | sed 's/\([a-zA-Z0-9-]\{1,\}\) */--constraint="\1 installed" /g') all | sh; else echo "Not building with installed constraints"; fi
-
   # build & run tests, build benchmarks
   - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
 
@@ -114,8 +101,10 @@
   - (cd tasty-hspec-* && cabal check)
 
   # haddock
-  - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
   - if $HADDOCK; then cabal new-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; else echo "Skipping haddock generation";fi
 
-# REGENDATA ["tasty-hspec.cabal"]
+  # Build without installed constraints for packages in global-db
+  - if $UNCONSTRAINED; then rm -f cabal.project.local; echo cabal new-build -w ${HC} --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks all; else echo "Not building without installed constraints"; fi
+
+# REGENDATA ["tasty-hspec.cabal","-o",".travis.yml"]
 # EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to the [Haskell Package Versioning Policy](https://pvp.haskell.org/).
 
+## [1.1.5.1] - 2018-11-15
+
+### Changed
+- Support hspec-2.6.0
+
 ## [1.1.5] - 2018-06-27
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Test/Tasty/Hspec.hs b/src/Test/Tasty/Hspec.hs
--- a/src/Test/Tasty/Hspec.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Tasty/Hspec.hs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Control.Exception (SomeException)
-import Data.Maybe (catMaybes, fromMaybe)
-import Data.Monoid (mconcat)
+import Control.Monad (guard)
+import Data.Maybe (catMaybes, fromMaybe, mapMaybe)
 import Data.Proxy
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 
@@ -79,20 +79,35 @@
 -- 'H.Spec'. This returns the same tests as 'testSpec' but doesn't create
 -- a <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/tasty tasty> test group from them.
 testSpecs :: H.Spec -> IO [T.TestTree]
-testSpecs spec = map specTreeToTestTree <$> H.runSpecM spec
+testSpecs spec =
+  catMaybes . map specTreeToTestTree <$>
+    -- In hspec 2.6.0, "focus" was introduced. Here we do as hspec does, which
+    -- is pre-process a spec by focusing the whole thing, which is a no-op if
+    -- anything inside is already focused, but otherwise focuses every item.
+    -- Then, when creating a tasty test tree, we just toss the unfocused items.
+    H.runSpecM (doFocus spec)
+  where
+    doFocus :: H.Spec -> H.Spec
+    doFocus =
+#if MIN_VERSION_hspec(2,6,0)
+      H.focus
+#else
+      id
+#endif
 
-specTreeToTestTree :: H.SpecTree () -> T.TestTree
+specTreeToTestTree :: H.SpecTree () -> Maybe T.TestTree
 specTreeToTestTree spec_tree =
   case spec_tree of
     H.Node name spec_trees ->
-      T.testGroup name (map specTreeToTestTree spec_trees)
+      Just (T.testGroup name (mapMaybe specTreeToTestTree spec_trees))
     H.NodeWithCleanup cleanup spec_trees ->
-      T.WithResource (T.ResourceSpec (return ()) cleanup) (const test_tree)
+      T.WithResource (T.ResourceSpec (return ()) cleanup) . const <$> test_tree
      where
-      test_tree :: T.TestTree
+      test_tree :: Maybe T.TestTree
       test_tree = specTreeToTestTree (H.Node "(unnamed)" spec_trees)
-    H.Leaf item ->
-      T.singleTest (H.itemRequirement item) (Item item)
+    H.Leaf item -> do
+      guard (hspecItemIsFocused item)
+      Just (T.singleTest (H.itemRequirement item) (Item item))
 
 newtype Item
   = Item (H.Item ())
@@ -100,7 +115,7 @@
 
 instance T.IsTest Item where
   -- run :: T.OptionSet -> Item -> (T.Progress -> IO ()) -> IO T.Result
-  run opts (Item (H.Item _ _ _ ex)) progress = do
+  run opts (Item item) progress = do
     qc_args <- tastyOptionSetToQuickCheckArgs opts
 
     let
@@ -124,7 +139,7 @@
 #else
     hspecResultToTastyResult pending_
 #endif
-      <$> ex params ($ ()) hprogress
+      <$> hspecItemToExample item params ($ ()) hprogress
 
    where
     sc_depth :: Int
@@ -192,6 +207,27 @@
 #else
     H.Fail str -> T.testFailed str
 #endif
+
+hspecItemIsFocused :: H.Item a -> Bool
+hspecItemIsFocused =
+#if MIN_VERSION_hspec(2,6,0)
+  H.itemIsFocused
+#else
+  const True
+#endif
+
+hspecItemToExample
+  :: H.Item a
+  -> H.Params
+  -> (H.ActionWith a -> IO ())
+  -> H.ProgressCallback
+  -> IO H.Result
+#if MIN_VERSION_hspec(2,6,0)
+hspecItemToExample (H.Item _ _ _ _ ex) = ex
+#else
+hspecItemToExample (H.Item _ _ _ ex) = ex
+#endif
+
 
 handleResultPending :: (String -> T.Result) -> Maybe String -> T.Result
 handleResultPending pending_ x =
diff --git a/tasty-hspec.cabal b/tasty-hspec.cabal
--- a/tasty-hspec.cabal
+++ b/tasty-hspec.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       2.0
 name:                tasty-hspec
-version:             1.1.5
+version:             1.1.5.1
 synopsis:            Hspec support for the Tasty test framework.
 description:         This package provides a Tasty provider for Hspec test
                      suites.
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@
 maintainer:          mitchellwrosen@gmail.com
 category:            Testing
 build-type:          Simple
-tested-with:         GHC == 7.4.2,
-                     GHC == 7.6.3,
-                     GHC == 7.8.4,
-                     GHC == 7.10.3,
-                     GHC == 8.0.2,
+tested-with:         GHC == 8.0.2,
                      GHC == 8.2.2,
-                     GHC == 8.4.3
+                     GHC == 8.4.4,
+                     GHC == 8.6.2
 
 extra-source-files:
   .gitignore
@@ -35,11 +32,11 @@
 library
   exposed-modules:     Test.Tasty.Hspec
   hs-source-dirs:      src
-  build-depends:       base             >= 4.5 && < 5
-                     , hspec            >= 2   && < 2.6
-                     , hspec-core       >= 2   && < 2.6
-                     , QuickCheck       >= 2.7 && < 2.12
-                     , tasty            >= 0.8 && < 1.2
+  build-depends:       base ^>= 4.9 || ^>= 4.10 || ^>= 4.11 || ^>= 4.12
+                     , hspec >= 2 && < 2.7
+                     , hspec-core >= 2 && < 2.7
+                     , QuickCheck >= 2.7 && < 2.13
+                     , tasty >= 0.8 && < 1.2
                      , tasty-smallcheck >= 0.1 && < 0.9
                      -- 0.9 is missing 'optionSetToArgs'
                      , tasty-quickcheck >=0.3 && <0.9 || ^>=0.9.1 || ^>= 0.10
