diff --git a/hpc.cabal b/hpc.cabal
index 7e7797359f0c108739505036a142e5d6912169bb..be8ddd50e99b67666069e66cbf752e574caa8028 100644
--- a/hpc.cabal
+++ b/hpc.cabal
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Library
     Build-Depends:
         base       >= 4.4.1 && < 4.10,
         containers >= 0.4.1 && < 0.6,
-        directory  >= 1.1   && < 1.3,
+        directory  >= 1.1   && < 1.4,
         filepath   >= 1     && < 1.5,
         time       >= 1.2   && < 1.7
     ghc-options: -Wall