diff --git a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
index 2785a5a9..fa745bf9 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ executable             yesod
                      , http-reverse-proxy >= 0.4
                      , network
                      , http-conduit       >= 2.1.4
-                     , http-client
+                     , http-client        >= 0.4.7
                      , project-template   >= 0.1.1
                      , transformers
                      , transformers-compat