diff --git a/servant-quickcheck.cabal b/servant-quickcheck.cabal
index 1fca29a..e018d04 100644
--- a/servant-quickcheck.cabal
+++ b/servant-quickcheck.cabal
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ library
                      , Servant.QuickCheck.Internal.HasGenRequest
                      , Servant.QuickCheck.Internal.QuickCheck
                      , Servant.QuickCheck.Internal.Equality
-  build-depends:       base >=4.8 && <4.9
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.9
                      , QuickCheck == 2.8.*
                      , bytestring == 0.10.*
                      , aeson > 0.10 && < 0.12