diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 512872f..20ca3a3 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.8.12 [2024-08-02]
+
+* Add flag "use-hdf5-serial" to switch between "hdf5" and "hdf5-serial" as a pkgconfig dependency
+* Add pipeline ensuring the project compiles and the tests run with ghcup and ghc 9.0, 9.2, 9.4 and 9.6.
+* Fixes to support different versions of hdf5 simultaneously
+* Add upper version bounds to conform wiht the Haskell PVP document
+
 1.8.11 [2023-10-10]
 ------
 
diff --git a/hdf5.cabal b/hdf5.cabal
index c558bc6..c3a5554 100644
--- a/hdf5.cabal
+++ b/hdf5.cabal
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ source-repository head
 flag use-hdf5-serial
   default: False
   manual: True
+  description: Use Debian's hdf5-serial as a dependency instead of plain hdf5
 
 Library
   hs-source-dirs:       src
@@ -107,16 +108,16 @@ Library
 
   include-dirs:         include
 
-  build-depends:        base >= 3 && < 5
-                      , bindings-DSL
-                      , bytestring
-                      , libffi
-                      , lifted-base
-                      , monad-control
-                      , primitive
-                      , tagged
-                      , vector
-                      , transformers
+  build-depends:        base >= 3 && < 5,
+                        bindings-DSL >= 1.0.25 && < 1.1,
+                        bytestring >= 0.11.5 && < 0.12,
+                        libffi >= 0.2.1 && < 0.3,
+                        lifted-base >= 0.2.3 && < 0.3,
+                        monad-control >= 1.0.3 && < 1.1,
+                        transformers >= 0.6.1 && < 0.7,
+                        primitive >= 0.8.0 && < 0.9,
+                        tagged >= 0.8.8 && < 0.9,
+                        vector >= 0.13.1 && < 0.14
 
   if flag(use-hdf5-serial)
     pkgconfig-depends: hdf5-serial