diff --git a/tar.cabal b/tar.cabal
index ac38ab2..5242587 100644
--- a/tar.cabal
+++ b/tar.cabal
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ library tar-internal
                  bytestring >= 0.10 && < 0.13,
                  containers >= 0.2  && < 0.9,
                  deepseq    >= 1.1  && < 1.6,
-                 directory  >= 1.3.1 && < 1.4,
+                 directory  >= 1.3.8.0 && < 1.4,
                  directory-ospath-streaming >= 0.2.1 && < 0.4,
                  file-io                < 0.2,
                  filepath   >= 1.4.100 && < 1.6,