diff --git a/yajl.cabal b/yajl.cabal
--- a/yajl.cabal
+++ b/yajl.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yajl
-version: 0.3.0.1
+version: 0.3.0.2
 synopsis: Bindings for YAJL, an event-based JSON implementation
 license: GPL-3
 license-file: license.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   build-depends:
       base >=4 && < 5
     , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10
-    , text >= 0.7 && < 0.8
+    , text >= 0.7 && < 0.9
 
   build-tools:
     c2hs >= 0.15