diff --git a/primer-rel8/primer-rel8.cabal b/primer-rel8/primer-rel8.cabal
index 1d99b9793..597cc3b79 100644
--- a/primer-rel8/primer-rel8.cabal
+++ b/primer-rel8/primer-rel8.cabal
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ library
     -Wcompat -Widentities -Wredundant-constraints -fhide-source-paths
 
   build-depends:
-    , aeson       >=1.5.2.0  && <=2.1
+    , aeson       ^>=2.0
     , base        >=4.12     && <=4.17
     , bytestring  >=0.10.8.2 && <=0.12
     , containers  >=0.6.0.1  && <=0.7
diff --git a/primer-service/primer-service.cabal b/primer-service/primer-service.cabal
index 4a9f6d519..e0bf39b9f 100644
--- a/primer-service/primer-service.cabal
+++ b/primer-service/primer-service.cabal
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ library
     -Wcompat -Widentities -Wredundant-constraints -fhide-source-paths
 
   build-depends:
-    , aeson              >=1.5.2.0 && <=2.1
+    , aeson              ^>=2.0
     , base               >=4.12    && <=4.17
     , exceptions         >=0.10.4  && <=0.11
     , http-media         >=0.8     && <=0.9
diff --git a/primer/primer.cabal b/primer/primer.cabal
index 98385c340..3e95bd565 100644
--- a/primer/primer.cabal
+++ b/primer/primer.cabal
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ library
     -Wcompat -Widentities -Wredundant-constraints -fhide-source-paths
 
   build-depends:
-    , aeson              >=1.5.2.0  && <=2.1
+    , aeson              ^>=2.0
     , base               >=4.12     && <=4.17
     , bytestring         >=0.10.8.2 && <=0.12
     , containers         >=0.6.0.1  && <=0.7