diff --git a/time.cabal b/time.cabal
index 99ed76517bc7e21ca231716965cc836c9a3e2a33..275fdb7655db2daf7d6ebfa0a5891b971d6611c9 100644
--- a/time.cabal
+++ b/time.cabal
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ test-suite ShowDefaultTZAbbreviations
     ghc-options: -Wall -fwarn-tabs
     build-depends:
         base,
-        time == 1.7
+        time
     main-is: ShowDefaultTZAbbreviations.hs
 
 test-suite tests
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ test-suite tests
     build-depends:
         base,
         deepseq,
-        time == 1.7,
+        time,
         QuickCheck >= 2.5.1,
         test-framework >= 0.8,
         test-framework-quickcheck2 >= 0.3,