diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index afd96bead..2eb6b1a6d 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Library
                  network >= 2 && < 2.4,
                  filepath >= 1.1 && < 1.4,
                  process >= 1 && < 1.2,
-                 directory >= 1 && < 1.2,
+                 directory >= 1 && < 1.3,
                  bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0,
                  zip-archive >= 0.1.1.7 && < 0.2,
                  utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Executable pandoc
                  network >= 2 && < 2.4,
                  filepath >= 1.1 && < 1.4,
                  process >= 1 && < 1.2,
-                 directory >= 1 && < 1.2,
+                 directory >= 1 && < 1.3,
                  bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0,
                  zip-archive >= 0.1.1.7 && < 0.2,
                  utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Test-Suite test-pandoc
                  pandoc-types >= 1.10 && < 1.11,
                  utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
                  bytestring >= 0.9 && < 1.0,
-                 directory >= 1 && < 1.2,
+                 directory >= 1 && < 1.3,
                  filepath >= 1.1 && < 1.4,
                  process >= 1 && < 1.2,
                  Diff,