diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 653c43dcb..757254c36 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Library
                  random >= 1 && < 1.1,
                  extensible-exceptions >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
                  citeproc-hs >= 0.3.1 && < 0.4,
-                 pandoc-types == 1.8.0.2,
+                 pandoc-types == 1.8.*,
                  json >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
                  dlist >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
                  tagsoup >= 0.12 && < 0.13,
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Executable pandoc
                  random >= 1 && < 1.1,
                  extensible-exceptions >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
                  citeproc-hs >= 0.3.1 && < 0.4,
-                 pandoc-types == 1.8.0.2,
+                 pandoc-types == 1.8.*,
                  json >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
                  dlist >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
                  tagsoup >= 0.12 && < 0.13,