diff --git a/ghc-mod.cabal b/ghc-mod.cabal
index a1b235b..e255cc7 100644
--- a/ghc-mod.cabal
+++ b/ghc-mod.cabal
@@ -145,36 +145,36 @@ Library
                         Language.Haskell.GhcMod.World
   Other-Modules:        Paths_ghc_mod
                         Utils
-  Build-Depends:        base >= 4.0 && < 5
-                      , bytestring
-                      , cereal >= 0.4
-                      , containers
-                      , cabal-helper >= 0.6.1.0 && == 0.6.*
-                      , deepseq
-                      , directory
-                      , filepath
-                      , ghc
-                      , ghc-paths
-                      , ghc-syb-utils
-                      , hlint >= 1.8.61
-                      , monad-journal >= 0.4
-                      , old-time
-                      , pretty
-                      , process
-                      , syb
-                      , temporary
-                      , time
-                      , transformers
-                      , transformers-base
-                      , mtl >= 2.0
-                      , monad-control >= 1
-                      , split
-                      , haskell-src-exts
-                      , text
-                      , djinn-ghc >= 0.0.2.2
-                      , fclabels == 2.0.*
-                      , extra == 1.4.*
-                      , pipes == 4.1.*
+  Build-Depends:        base              < 5 && >= 4.0
+                      , bytestring        < 0.11
+                      , cereal            < 0.6 && >= 0.4
+                      , containers        < 0.6
+                      , cabal-helper      < 0.7 && >= 0.6.1.0
+                      , deepseq           < 1.5
+                      , directory         < 1.3
+                      , filepath          < 1.5
+                      , ghc               < 7.11
+                      , ghc-paths         < 0.2
+                      , ghc-syb-utils     < 0.3
+                      , hlint             < 1.10 && >= 1.8.61
+                      , monad-journal     < 0.8 && >= 0.4
+                      , old-time          < 1.2
+                      , pretty            < 1.2
+                      , process           < 1.3
+                      , syb               < 0.7
+                      , temporary         < 1.3
+                      , time              < 1.6
+                      , transformers      < 0.5
+                      , transformers-base < 0.5
+                      , mtl               < 2.3 && >= 2.0
+                      , monad-control     < 1.1 && >= 1
+                      , split             < 0.3
+                      , haskell-src-exts  < 1.17
+                      , text              < 1.3
+                      , djinn-ghc         < 0.1 && >= 0.0.2.2
+                      , fclabels          == 2.0.*
+                      , extra             == 1.4.*
+                      , pipes             == 4.1.*
   if impl(ghc < 7.8)
     Build-Depends:      convertible
   if impl(ghc < 7.5)
@@ -189,17 +189,17 @@ Executable ghc-mod
   GHC-Options:          -Wall -fno-warn-deprecations -threaded
   Default-Extensions:   ConstraintKinds, FlexibleContexts
   HS-Source-Dirs:       src
-  Build-Depends:        base >= 4.0 && < 5
-                      , async
-                      , directory
-                      , filepath
-                      , pretty
-                      , process
-                      , split
-                      , mtl >= 2.0
-                      , ghc
+  Build-Depends:        base      < 5 && >= 4.0,
+                      , async     < 2.1,
+                      , directory < 1.3,
+                      , filepath  < 1.5,
+                      , pretty    < 1.2,
+                      , process   < 1.3,
+                      , split     < 0.3,
+                      , mtl       < 2.3 && >= 2.0,
+                      , ghc       < 7.11,
+                      , fclabels  ==2.0.*
                       , ghc-mod
-                      , fclabels == 2.0.*
 
 Executable ghc-modi
   Default-Language:     Haskell2010
@@ -212,12 +212,13 @@ Executable ghc-modi
       Cpp-Options:      -DWINDOWS
   Default-Extensions:   ConstraintKinds, FlexibleContexts
   HS-Source-Dirs:       src, .
-  Build-Depends:        base >= 4.0 && < 5
-                      , directory
-                      , filepath
-                      , process
-                      , time
-                      , old-time
+  Build-Depends:        base      < 5 && >= 4.0
+                      , directory < 1.3
+                      , filepath  < 1.5
+                      , process   < 1.3
+                      , old-time  < 1.2
+                      , time      < 1.6
+                      , ghc-mod
 
 Test-Suite doctest
   Type:                 exitcode-stdio-1.0