diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index d235ffaca..1f46d75e3 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ library
                  ,safe >= 0.2
                  ,shakespeare-text == 1.0.*
                  ,split >= 0.1 && < 0.3
-                 ,text == 0.11.*
+                 ,text >= 0.11 && < 1.1
                  ,tabular >= 0.2 && < 0.3
                  ,time
                  ,utf8-string >= 0.3.5 && < 0.4
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ executable hledger
                  ,shakespeare-text == 1.0.*
                  ,split >= 0.1 && < 0.3
                  ,tabular >= 0.2 && < 0.3
-                 ,text == 0.11.*
+                 ,text >= 0.11 && < 1.1
                  ,time
                  ,utf8-string >= 0.3.5 && < 0.4
   default-language: Haskell2010