diff --git a/protolude.cabal b/protolude.cabal
index b211b3774..859d57ef1 100644
--- a/protolude.cabal
+++ b/protolude.cabal
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ library
   build-depends:       
     base             >= 4.6  && <4.10,
     ghc-prim         >= 0.3  && <0.6,
-    safe             >= 0.3  && <0.3.10,
     async            >= 2.0  && <2.2,
     deepseq          >= 1.3  && <1.5,
     containers       >= 0.5  && <0.6,
@@ -75,5 +74,12 @@ library
     stm              >= 2.4  && <2.5,
     bytestring       >= 0.10 && <0.11
 
+  if impl(ghc >= 7.8.0)
+    build-depends:       
+      safe             >= 0.3  && <0.4
+  else
+    build-depends:       
+      safe             >= 0.3  && <0.3.10
+
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   default-language:    Haskell2010