diff --git a/hastl.cabal b/hastl.cabal
index 75c4fc0..b7ea364 100644
--- a/hastl.cabal
+++ b/hastl.cabal
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ library
     build-depends:    
       katip == 0.8.8.0, 
       aeson >= 2.2.2 && < 2.3,
-      base >= 4.17.2 && < 4.18,
+      base ^>= {4.17.2, 4.18.2},
       containers >= 0.6.7 && < 0.7,
       random >= 1.2.1 && < 1.3,
       bytestring >= 0.11.5 && < 0.12,
-      mtl >= 2.2.2 && < 2.3,
-      transformers >= 0.5.6 && < 0.6,
-      text >= 2.0.2 && < 2.1,
+      mtl ^>= {2.2.2, 2.3.1},
+      transformers ^>= {0.5.6, 0.6.1},
+      text >= 2.0.2 && < 2.2,
       unordered-containers >= 0.2.20 && < 0.3,
       time >= 1.12.2 && < 1.13,
       dani-servant-lucid2 >= 0.1.0 && < 0.2,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ executable hastl
     -- other-modules:
     -- other-extensions:
     build-depends:
-        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        base ^>= {4.17.2, 4.18.2},
         hastl
 
     hs-source-dirs:   app
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ test-suite hastl-test
     main-is:          Main.hs
     build-tool-depends: hspec-discover:hspec-discover
     build-depends:
-        base ^>=4.17.2.1
+        base ^>= {4.17.2, 4.18.2}
       , hastl
       , hspec
       , persistent-postgresql
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ test-suite hastl-test-integration
     main-is:          Main.hs
     other-modules: TestHttpSpec
     build-depends:
-        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        base ^>= {4.17.2, 4.18.2},
         hastl,
         hspec,
         testcontainers,
diff --git a/lib/Api/Base.hs b/lib/Api/Base.hs
index fe27683..6362d6c 100644
--- a/lib/Api/Base.hs
+++ b/lib/Api/Base.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import Api.Templates.Base.Home (renderHome)
 import Api.Templates.Helpers.Alpine (useAlpine)
 import Api.Templates.Helpers.Htmx (useHtmxJsExt, useHtmxVersion)
 import Config (AppT)
-import Control.Monad.Cont (MonadIO)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Servant.API.ContentTypes.Lucid (HTML)
 
diff --git a/lib/Api/User.hs b/lib/Api/User.hs
index 4d8b39c..151f9e6 100644
--- a/lib/Api/User.hs
+++ b/lib/Api/User.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 module Api.User where
 
-import Control.Monad.Except (MonadIO (liftIO))
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO (liftIO))
 import Control.Monad.Logger (logDebugNS, logErrorNS)
 import Database.Persist.Postgresql (
   Entity (..),