diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index f696f4f5954e08af3d1e738e5c482773c3b579ab..50ba95606f1e50524f7b7b1c2e8252ea4f789390 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ Changelog for the [`directory`][1] package
   * [optimization] Increase internal buffer size of `copyFile`
     ([#69](https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/69))
 
+  * Relax `time` version bounds to support 1.8.
+
 ## 1.3.0.1 (January 2017)
 
-  * Relax Win32 version bounds to support 2.5.
+  * Relax `Win32` version bounds to support 2.5.
     ([#67](https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/67))
 
 ## 1.3.0.0 (December 2016)
diff --git a/directory.cabal b/directory.cabal
index 5b0b183c4006e42d9051e7b3e72ce09970779b83..84d36fe99a9c6f22bb19e9ab82450a5d66fde665 100644
--- a/directory.cabal
+++ b/directory.cabal
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Library
 
     build-depends:
         base     >= 4.5 && < 4.11,
-        time     >= 1.4 && < 1.8,
+        time     >= 1.4 && < 1.9,
         filepath >= 1.3 && < 1.5
     if os(windows)
         build-depends: Win32 >= 2.2.2 && < 2.6