diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/text-benchmarks.cabal b/tests/benchmarks/text-benchmarks.cabal
--- a/tests/benchmarks/text-benchmarks.cabal
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/text-benchmarks.cabal
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   cpp-options:    -DHAVE_DEEPSEQ
   build-depends:  base              >= 4   && < 5,
                   criterion         >= 0.5 && < 0.7,
-                  bytestring        >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
+                  bytestring        >= 0.9,
                   deepseq           >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
                   filepath          >= 1.1 && < 1.3,
                   directory         >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
diff --git a/tests/tests/text-tests.cabal b/tests/tests/text-tests.cabal
--- a/tests/tests/text-tests.cabal
+++ b/tests/tests/text-tests.cabal
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   build-depends:
     text-tests,
     base                       >= 4   && < 5,
-    bytestring                 >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
+    bytestring                 >= 0.9,
     deepseq                    >= 1.1,
     directory                  >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
     random                     >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   build-depends:
     array,
     base        >= 4   && < 5,
-    bytestring  >= 0.9 && < 1.0,
+    bytestring  >= 0.9,
     deepseq     >= 1.1,
     integer-gmp >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
     ghc-prim    >= 0.2 && < 0.3
diff --git a/text.cabal b/text.cabal
--- a/text.cabal
+++ b/text.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           text
-version:        0.11.2.1
+version:        0.11.2.2
 homepage:       https://github.com/bos/text
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/bos/text/issues
 synopsis:       An efficient packed Unicode text type.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   build-depends:
     array,
     base       < 5,
-    bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0
+    bytestring >= 0.9
   if impl(ghc >= 6.10)
     build-depends:
       ghc-prim, base >= 4, deepseq >= 1.1.0.0
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
   build-depends:
     base                       >= 4   && < 5,
-    bytestring                 >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
+    bytestring                 >= 0.9,
     deepseq                    >= 1.1,
     ghc-prim,
     directory                  >= 1.0 && < 1.2,