diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog for vega-view
 
+## 0.2.0.2
+
+Bump base minimum version to supporg ghc 8 or later, to save
+hackage trying to build with older versions. There is no user-visible
+change to version 0.2.
+
 ## 0.2.0.1
 
 Internal change to get it to build with ghc 8.2 and 8.0.
diff --git a/vega-view.cabal b/vega-view.cabal
--- a/vega-view.cabal
+++ b/vega-view.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 name:           vega-view
-version:        0.2.0.1
-description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/DougBurke/vega-view#readme>
+version:        0.2.0.2
+synopsis:       Easily view Vega or Vega-Lite visualizations.
+description:    A web server that is used to view all the Vega and Vega-Lite
+                specifications in a directory, or sub-directory. It is similar
+                in overall scope to the
+                <https://github.com/vega/vega-desktop vega destkop>
+                tool. Please see the README on GitHub at
+                <https://github.com/DougBurke/vega-view#readme>
+category:       Visualization
 homepage:       https://github.com/DougBurke/vega-view#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/DougBurke/vega-view/issues
 author:         Douglas Burke
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@
   ghc-options: -Wall -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
   build-depends:
                 aeson >= 1.1 && < 1.5
-              , base >=4.7 && <5
+              , base >= 4.9 && <5
               , blaze-html >= 0.7 && < 0.10
               , bytestring >= 0.10 && < 0.11
               , directory >= 1.2.5.0 && < 1.4