diff --git a/yesod-markdown.cabal b/yesod-markdown.cabal
--- a/yesod-markdown.cabal
+++ b/yesod-markdown.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                yesod-markdown
-version:             0.8.3
+version:             0.8.4
 synopsis:            Tools for using markdown in a yesod application
 description:         A subset of pandoc functionality useful for markdown processing in yesod applications
 homepage:            http://github.com/pbrisbin/yesod-markdown
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
   exposed-modules: Yesod.Markdown
 
   build-depends: base            >= 4     && < 5
-               , text            >= 0.11  && < 1.2
+               , text            >= 0.11  && < 2.0
                , bytestring      >= 0.9   && < 0.11
                , pandoc          >= 1.10  && < 1.13
-               , blaze-html      >= 0.5   && < 0.7
-               , blaze-markup    >= 0.5   && < 0.7
+               , blaze-html      >= 0.5   && < 0.8
+               , blaze-markup    >= 0.5   && < 0.8
                , xss-sanitize    >= 0.3.1 && < 0.4
                , directory
                , yesod-core      >= 1.2   && < 1.3