diff --git a/encoding.cabal b/encoding.cabal
index aa442d3..d8ed0bd 100644
--- a/encoding.cabal
+++ b/encoding.cabal
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Source-Repository this
   Tag:			0.6.7.1
 
 Library
-  Build-Depends:	binary, extensible-exceptions, HaXml >= 1.22 && < 1.24
+  Build-Depends:	binary < 0.6, extensible-exceptions, HaXml >= 1.22 && < 1.24
   if flag(splitBase)
     Build-Depends:	bytestring, base >= 3 && < 5, mtl, containers, array, regex-compat
     if flag(newGHC)