diff --git a/timezone-olson.cabal b/timezone-olson.cabal
--- a/timezone-olson.cabal
+++ b/timezone-olson.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                timezone-olson
-Version:             0.1.7
+Version:             0.1.8
 Synopsis:            A pure Haskell parser and renderer for binary Olson timezone files
 Description:         A parser and renderer for binary Olson timezone
                      files whose format is specified by the tzfile(5)
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
                      files suitable for use with this package are
                      available in the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo
                      and its subdirectories on your computer.
+                     For a way to read binary Olson timezone files at compile
+                     time, see the timezone-olson-th package
+                     (<http://hackage.haskell.org/package/timezone-olson-th>).
 Homepage:            http://projects.haskell.org/time-ng/
 License:             BSD3
 License-file:        LICENSE
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@
                     , Data.Time.LocalTime.TimeZone.Olson.Types
   Build-depends:       base >= 3.0 && < 5.0,
                        timezone-series >= 0.1.0 && < 0.2,
-                       time >= 1.1.4 && < 1.6,
-                       binary >= 0.4.1 && < 0.8,
+                       time >= 1.6 && < 1.9,
+                       binary >= 0.4.1 && < 0.9,
                        bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0,
                        extensible-exceptions >= 0.1.0 && < 0.2