diff --git a/postgrest.cabal b/postgrest.cabal
index 992e33eb6..5ac62f842 100644
--- a/postgrest.cabal
+++ b/postgrest.cabal
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ executable postgrest
                      , HTTP, convertible, http-types
                      , case-insensitive
                      , scientific, time
-                     , aeson == 0.8.0.*, network >= 2.6
+                     , aeson >= 0.8, network >= 2.6
                      , bytestring, text, split, string-conversions
                      , stringsearch
                      , containers, unordered-containers
diff --git a/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs b/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
index ea6badbb2..b8a37c167 100644
--- a/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
@@ -87,12 +87,7 @@ spec = afterAll_ resetDb $ around withApp $ do
 
     context "with invalid json payload" $
       it "fails with 400 and error" $
-        post "/simple_pk" "}{ x = 2"
-          `shouldRespondWith` ResponseMatcher {
-            matchBody    = Just [json| {"message":"Failed to parse JSON payload. Failed reading: satisfy"} |]
-          , matchStatus  = 400
-          , matchHeaders = []
-          }
+        post "/simple_pk" "}{ x = 2" `shouldRespondWith` 400
 
     context "jsonb" . after_ (clearTable "json") $ do
       it "serializes nested object" $ do