diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e4d02f22..691ef7c3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ addons:
     - libgmp-dev
 
 env:
-- GHCVER=8.0.2
+- GHCVER=8.2.1
 
 install:
  # Download and unpack the stack executable
diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index f542b2c7..7f5a09e1 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ghc-major-version: "8.0"
+ghc-major-version: "8.2"
 
 # This affects which version of the Cabal file format we allow. We
 # should ensure that this is always no greater than the version
diff --git a/debian-bootstrap.sh b/debian-bootstrap.sh
index a1fbb4cb..cc0d2ca7 100755
--- a/debian-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/debian-bootstrap.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ add-apt-repository -y --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 'deb http://down
 add-apt-repository -y --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 'deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy-apache24-compat main'
 add-apt-repository -y --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 'deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy-libjpeg62-compat main'
 
-GHCVER=8.0.2
+GHCVER=8.2.1
 
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y \
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/ld" "ld" "/usr/bin/ld.bfd" 10
 # This version is tracked here:
 # https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler/Backends/LLVM/Installing
 #
-# GHC 8.0 requires LLVM 3.7 tools (specifically, llc-3.7 and opt-3.7).
-update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/llc" "llc" "/usr/bin/llc-3.7" 50
-update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/opt" "opt" "/usr/bin/opt-3.7" 50
+# GHC 8.2 requires LLVM 3.9 tools (specifically, llc-3.9 and opt-3.9).
+update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/llc" "llc" "/usr/bin/llc-3.9" 50
+update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/opt" "opt" "/usr/bin/opt-3.9" 50
 
 # install ocilib dependencies then build and install ocilib
 cd /tmp \