diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c6f4732619be399598b8ec40112578fd700c1815..7f381919c787ce2127490bc247e86e0e3d29a28e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ matrix:
    - env: GHCVER=8.6.5 SCRIPT=script USE_GOLD=YES
      os: linux
      sudo: required
+   - env: GHCVER=8.8.1 SCRIPT=script USE_GOLD=YES
+     os: linux
+     sudo: required
    #- env: GHCVER=8.8.1 SCRIPT=script USE_GOLD=YES
    #  os: linux
    #  sudo: required
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/cabal-testsuite.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/cabal-testsuite.cabal
index bd09f1d97b7d9cd09d241031f9fcc442c13ad130..89742231ed9490f371f14f12358b0c2b656e53a1 100644
--- a/cabal-testsuite/cabal-testsuite.cabal
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/cabal-testsuite.cabal
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ common shared
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
   build-depends:
-    , base >= 4.6 && <4.13
+    , base >= 4.6 && <4.14
     -- this needs to match the in-tree lib:Cabal version
     , Cabal == 3.1.0.0