diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ChangeLog for yaml
 
+## 0.11.3.0
+
+* Don't wrap up async exceptions [#185](https://github.com/snoyberg/yaml/issues/185)
+
 ## 0.11.2.0
 
 * Reduces some of the code duplication between the `encode` and `encodePretty` functions
diff --git a/src/Data/Yaml/Internal.hs b/src/Data/Yaml/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Data/Yaml/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Yaml/Internal.hs
@@ -303,12 +303,13 @@
               -> IO (Either ParseException ([Warning], a))
 decodeHelper_ src = do
     x <- try $ runResourceT $ runStateT (runConduit $ src .| runReaderT parse []) (ParseState Map.empty [])
-    return $ case x of
+    case x of
         Left e
-            | Just pe <- fromException e -> Left pe
-            | Just ye <- fromException e -> Left $ InvalidYaml $ Just (ye :: YamlException)
-            | otherwise -> Left $ OtherParseException e
-        Right (y, st) -> either
+            | Just pe <- fromException e -> return $ Left pe
+            | Just ye <- fromException e -> return $ Left $ InvalidYaml $ Just (ye :: YamlException)
+            | Just sae <- fromException e -> throwIO (sae :: SomeAsyncException)
+            | otherwise -> return $ Left $ OtherParseException e
+        Right (y, st) -> return $ either
             (Left . AesonException)
             Right
             ((,) (parseStateWarnings st) <$> parseEither parseJSON y)
diff --git a/yaml.cabal b/yaml.cabal
--- a/yaml.cabal
+++ b/yaml.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.31.2.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.33.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 1755dcdb4772fa7e743958ba68b120522981238fdcdac9fdc7494a36809ff6ae
+-- hash: 4160e171cfd5a87614a9fbf40f548f75306e24d499c44f71c279d15f8c4e2c39
 
 name:           yaml
-version:        0.11.2.0
+version:        0.11.3.0
 synopsis:       Support for parsing and rendering YAML documents.
 description:    README and API documentation are available at <https://www.stackage.org/package/yaml>
 category:       Data