diff --git a/AddHandler.hs b/AddHandler.hs
--- a/AddHandler.hs
+++ b/AddHandler.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #else
 import Distribution.PackageDescription.Parse (readPackageDescription)
 #endif
+#if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(3, 6, 0)
+import Distribution.Utils.Path
+#endif
 import Distribution.PackageDescription.Configuration (flattenPackageDescription)
 import Distribution.PackageDescription (allBuildInfo, hsSourceDirs)
 import Distribution.Verbosity (normal)
@@ -247,4 +250,8 @@
 #endif
     let buildInfo = allBuildInfo pd
         srcDirs = concatMap hsSourceDirs buildInfo
+#if MIN_VERSION_Cabal(3, 6, 0)
+    return $ maybe "." getSymbolicPath $ listToMaybe srcDirs
+#else
     return $ fromMaybe "." $ listToMaybe srcDirs
+#endif
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ChangeLog for yesod-bin
 
+## 1.6.2.1
+
+* Support Cabal 3.6 [#1754](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/pull/1754)
+
 ## 1.6.2
 
 * aeson 2.0
diff --git a/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin.cabal
--- a/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-bin
-version:         1.6.2
+version:         1.6.2.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>