diff --git a/web-routes-happstack.cabal b/web-routes-happstack.cabal
--- a/web-routes-happstack.cabal
+++ b/web-routes-happstack.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:             web-routes-happstack
-Version:          0.23.5
+Version:          0.23.6
 License:          BSD3
 License-File:     LICENSE
 Author:           jeremy@seereason.com
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         Build-Depends:    base             >= 4 && < 5,
                           bytestring       >= 0.9 && < 0.11,
                           happstack-server >= 6.6 && <7.4,
-                          text             == 0.11.*,
+                          text             >= 0.11 && <1.1,
                           web-routes       >= 0.27.1
         Exposed-Modules:  Web.Routes.Happstack