diff --git a/tinylog.cabal b/tinylog.cabal
index acbb59e121d0a33d94d6c379da20ca7a8187da9f..c76531ea8429f48a9f1c6c2ba82a8691cd116414 100644
--- a/tinylog.cabal
+++ b/tinylog.cabal
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ library
         System.Logger.Settings
 
     build-depends:
-          base              == 4.*
+          base              >= 4.6    && < 5
         , bytestring        >= 0.10.4 && < 1.0
         , auto-update       >= 0.1    && < 0.2
         , containers        >= 0.5