diff --git a/servant-quickcheck.cabal b/servant-quickcheck.cabal
index a5692ab..44d186a 100644
--- a/servant-quickcheck.cabal
+++ b/servant-quickcheck.cabal
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ library
                      , Servant.QuickCheck.Internal.Equality
                      , Servant.QuickCheck.Internal.ErrorTypes
   build-depends:       base >=4.8 && <4.12
-                     , base-compat >= 0.10.1 && <0.11
+                     , base-compat >= 0.9.3 && <0.11
                      , aeson > 0.8 && < 2
                      , bytestring == 0.10.*
                      , case-insensitive == 1.2.*
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 9c10558..6592f42 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ resolver: lts-11.8
 packages:
 - '.'
 extra-deps:
-- base-compat-0.10.1
+    # - base-compat-0.10.1
 - hspec-discover-2.5.0
 - hspec-core-2.5.0
 - hspec-2.5.0
 # aeson pre-1.3.1.0 has an upper bound on `base-compat-batteries` that preclude
 # the 0.10.1 that we depend on
-- aeson-1.3.1.0
+# - aeson-1.3.1.0
 flags: {}
 extra-package-dbs: []