diff --git a/src/Data/Text/Array.hs b/src/Data/Text/Array.hs
index 979bf88e..5ca04d40 100644
--- a/src/Data/Text/Array.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Text/Array.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, CPP, MagicHash, Rank2Types,
-    RecordWildCards, UnboxedTuples, UnliftedFFITypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PatternSynonyms #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnboxedTuples #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnliftedFFITypes #-}
+
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unused-matches #-}
 -- |
 -- Module      : Data.Text.Array
@@ -24,8 +31,10 @@
 module Data.Text.Array
     (
     -- * Types
-      Array(..)
-    , MArray(..)
+      Array
+    , pattern ByteArray
+    , MArray
+    , pattern MutableByteArray
     -- * Functions
     , resizeM
     , shrinkM
@@ -61,12 +70,13 @@ import GHC.ST (ST(..), runST)
 import GHC.Word (Word8(..))
 import qualified Prelude
 import Prelude hiding (length, read, compare)
+import Data.Array.Byte (ByteArray(..), MutableByteArray(..))
 
 -- | Immutable array type.
-data Array = ByteArray ByteArray#
+type Array = ByteArray
 
 -- | Mutable array type, for use in the ST monad.
-data MArray s = MutableByteArray (MutableByteArray# s)
+type MArray = MutableByteArray
 
 -- | Create an uninitialized mutable array.
 new :: forall s. Int -> ST s (MArray s)
diff --git a/text.cabal b/text.cabal
index 6e3e0f12..0a49346a 100644
--- a/text.cabal
+++ b/text.cabal
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ library
     ghc-prim         >= 0.2 && < 0.11,
     template-haskell >= 2.5 && < 2.20
 
+  if impl(ghc < 9.4)
+    build-depends: data-array-byte >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+
   ghc-options: -Wall -fwarn-tabs -funbox-strict-fields -O2
   if flag(developer)
     ghc-options: -fno-ignore-asserts