diff --git a/ghc-mod.cabal b/ghc-mod.cabal
index ab5fe1a..d8ad7f9 100644
--- a/ghc-mod.cabal
+++ b/ghc-mod.cabal
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Executable ghc-mod
                       , mtl       < 2.3 && >= 2.0
                       , ghc       < 7.11
                       , fclabels  ==2.0.*
-                      , optparse-applicative ==0.11.*
+                      , optparse-applicative >=0.11.0 && <0.13.0
                       , ansi-wl-pprint ==0.6.*
                       , ghc-mod