diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 4c27c037d..219e2a31a 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ library
                  blaze-html >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
                  blaze-markup >= 0.8 && < 0.9,
                  jira-wiki-markup >= 1.3.2 && < 1.4,
-                 hslua >= 1.1 && < 1.3,
+                 hslua >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
                  hslua-module-system >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
                  hslua-module-text >= 0.2.1 && < 0.4,
                  binary >= 0.5 && < 0.11,
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ test-suite test-pandoc
                   time >= 1.5 && < 1.10,
                   directory >= 1.2.3 && < 1.4,
                   filepath >= 1.1 && < 1.5,
-                  hslua >= 1.1 && < 1.3,
+                  hslua >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
                   process >= 1.2.3 && < 1.7,
                   temporary >= 1.1 && < 1.4,
                   Diff >= 0.2 && < 0.5,