diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5.3.1
+  - Reverted cabal file to depend on Cabal >= 1.18 instead of 1.20 due
+    to possibly breaking this on reasonable GHC versions
+
 5.3
   - Upgraded QuickCheck dependency to 2.7
   - The standard IO Config (standardIOConfig) was overriding any provided application config.
diff --git a/vty.cabal b/vty.cabal
--- a/vty.cabal
+++ b/vty.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                vty
-version:             5.3
+version:             5.3.1
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              AUTHORS
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   © 2006-2007 Stefan O'Rear; BSD3 license.
   .
   © Corey O'Connor; BSD3 license.
-cabal-version:       >= 1.20.0
+cabal-version:       >= 1.18
 build-type:          Simple
 data-files:          README.md,
                      TODO,