diff --git a/app/Foliage/Meta/Aeson.hs b/app/Foliage/Meta/Aeson.hs
index bae3cc7..cd74bd1 100644
--- a/app/Foliage/Meta/Aeson.hs
+++ b/app/Foliage/Meta/Aeson.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import Data.Text
 import Distribution.Types.Orphans ()
 import Foliage.Meta
 import Foliage.Utils.Aeson
-import Network.URI (URI)
 
 deriving via MyAesonEncoding RevisionSpec instance ToJSON RevisionSpec
 
@@ -29,7 +28,3 @@ instance ToJSON PackageVersionSource where
         { sumEncoding = ObjectWithSingleField
         , omitNothingFields = True
         }
-
-instance ToJSON URI where
-  toJSON :: URI -> Value
-  toJSON = toJSON . show
diff --git a/foliage.cabal b/foliage.cabal
index 6086770..4c1ff7e 100644
--- a/foliage.cabal
+++ b/foliage.cabal
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ executable foliage
 
     build-depends:
         base                 >=4.14.3.0   && <4.20,
-        aeson                >=2.0.3.0    && <2.3,
+        aeson                >=2.2        && <2.3,
         base16               >=0.3.2.0    && <1.1,
         binary               >=0.8.9.0    && <0.9,
         bytestring           >=0.10.12.0  && <0.13,