diff --git a/extensible-exceptions.cabal b/extensible-exceptions.cabal
index cae59d04a963865e8d80a35e6a5e571b70dd30d2..891d5bd0e7b7e1b33af00b4acd5309508395e2c3 100644
--- a/extensible-exceptions.cabal
+++ b/extensible-exceptions.cabal
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ synopsis:       Extensible exceptions
 description:
     This package provides extensible exceptions for both new and 
     old versions of GHC (i.e., < 6.10).
-cabal-version:  >=1.2
+cabal-version:  >=1.6
 build-type: Simple
 
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