diff --git a/compiler/ghc.cabal.in b/compiler/ghc.cabal.in
index 721adff0bd99c2bee65721af5d7f6e2052c5d2ec..ba7f6194fe1c7e25daaa576fe643bd1a5a82bba2 100644
--- a/compiler/ghc.cabal.in
+++ b/compiler/ghc.cabal.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Library
                    containers >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
                    array      >= 0.1 && < 0.6,
                    filepath   >= 1   && < 1.5,
-                   template-haskell == 2.11.*,
+                   template-haskell == 2.12.*,
                    hpc        == 0.6.*,
                    transformers == 0.5.*,
                    ghc-boot   == @ProjectVersionMunged@,
diff --git a/libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal.in b/libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal.in
index 547374a89494527eadadab57a2ddcbc6ce14b609..922d3b294a13b62b654cc4d2e425dae113849e5e 100644
--- a/libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal.in
+++ b/libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ library
         deepseq          == 1.4.*,
         filepath         == 1.4.*,
         ghc-boot         == @ProjectVersionMunged@,
-        template-haskell == 2.11.*,
+        template-haskell == 2.12.*,
         transformers     == 0.5.*
 
     if !os(windows)