--- a/hexpat.cabal
+++ b/hexpat.cabal
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ Library
     base >= 3 && < 5,
     bytestring,
     transformers,
-    text >= 0.5.0.0 && < 1.3.0.0,
+    text >= 0.5.0.0 && < 1.3 || >= 2 && < 2.2,
     utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 1.1,
-    deepseq >= 1.1.0.0 && < 1.5.0.0,
+    deepseq >= 1.1.0.0 && < 1.7,
     containers,
     List >= 0.4.2 && < 0.7
   Exposed-Modules:
