diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ChangeLog for yesod-persistent
 
+## 1.6.0.5
+
+* Add support for Persistent 2.11 [#1701](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/pull/1701)
+
 ## 1.6.0.4
 
 * Fix test suite to be compatible with latest `persistent-template`
diff --git a/test/Yesod/PersistSpec.hs b/test/Yesod/PersistSpec.hs
--- a/test/Yesod/PersistSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Yesod/PersistSpec.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, TemplateHaskell, QuasiQuotes, TypeFamilies #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE EmptyDataDecls, FlexibleContexts, GADTs #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
diff --git a/yesod-persistent.cabal b/yesod-persistent.cabal
--- a/yesod-persistent.cabal
+++ b/yesod-persistent.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+cabal-version:   >= 1.10
 name:            yesod-persistent
-version:         1.6.0.4
+version:         1.6.0.5
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
@@ -7,17 +8,17 @@
 synopsis:        Some helpers for using Persistent from Yesod.
 category:        Web, Yesod, Database
 stability:       Stable
-cabal-version:   >= 1.8
 build-type:      Simple
 homepage:        http://www.yesodweb.com/
 description:     API docs and the README are available at <http://www.stackage.org/package/yesod-persistent>
 extra-source-files: README.md ChangeLog.md
 
 library
-    build-depends:   base                      >= 4        && < 5
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    build-depends:   base                      >= 4.10     && < 5
                    , yesod-core                >= 1.6      && < 1.7
-                   , persistent                >= 2.8      && < 2.11
-                   , persistent-template       >= 2.1      && < 2.9
+                   , persistent                >= 2.8      && < 2.12
+                   , persistent-template       >= 2.1      && < 2.10
                    , transformers              >= 0.2.2
                    , blaze-builder
                    , conduit
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
     ghc-options:     -Wall
 
 test-suite test
+    default-language: Haskell2010
     type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
     main-is: Spec.hs
     hs-source-dirs: test