diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 3d887572a..d54ae3116 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Flag old-locale
   Default:       False
 
 Library
-  Build-Depends: base >= 4.6 && <5,
+  Build-Depends: base >= 4.7 && <5,
                  syb >= 0.1 && < 0.7,
                  containers >= 0.1 && < 0.6,
                  unordered-containers >= 0.2 && < 0.3,