--- a/hexpat.cabal
+++ b/hexpat.cabal
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ 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,
     containers,
