diff --git a/critbit.cabal b/critbit.cabal
index 54603e9..28a6c91 100644
--- a/critbit.cabal
+++ b/critbit.cabal
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ maintainer:     Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
 copyright:      2013-2014 Bryan O'Sullivan and others
 category:       Data
 build-type:     Simple
-cabal-version:  >= 1.14
+cabal-version:  1.14
 extra-source-files:
     README.markdown