diff --git a/example-client/example-client.cabal b/example-client/example-client.cabal
index 6980105e..e67ffb35 100644
--- a/example-client/example-client.cabal
+++ b/example-client/example-client.cabal
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ executable example-client
                        directory            >= 1.2,
                        filepath             >= 1.2,
                        optparse-applicative >= 0.11,
-                       time                 >= 1.2,
+                       time                 >= 1.5,
                        hackage-security     >= 0.5,
                        hackage-security-HTTP,
                        hackage-security-curl,
diff --git a/hackage-repo-tool/hackage-repo-tool.cabal b/hackage-repo-tool/hackage-repo-tool.cabal
index c8ffbc12..6168ff59 100644
--- a/hackage-repo-tool/hackage-repo-tool.cabal
+++ b/hackage-repo-tool/hackage-repo-tool.cabal
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ executable hackage-repo-tool
                        bytestring           >= 0.9  && < 0.13,
                        directory            >= 1.2  && < 1.4,
                        filepath             >= 1.3  && < 1.5,
-                       time                 >= 1.4  && < 1.13
+                       time                 >= 1.5  && < 1.13
   if !os(windows)
     build-depends:     unix                 >= 2.5  && < 2.9
 
diff --git a/hackage-security/hackage-security.cabal b/hackage-security/hackage-security.cabal
index b76fe1cf..e642a1ed 100644
--- a/hackage-security/hackage-security.cabal
+++ b/hackage-security/hackage-security.cabal
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ library
                        -- functionality, 0.5.0 changes type of serialise
                        tar               >= 0.5     && < 0.7,
                        template-haskell  >= 2.7     && < 2.22,
-                       time              >= 1.2     && < 1.13,
+                       time              >= 1.5     && < 1.13,
                        transformers      >= 0.3     && < 0.7,
                        zlib              >= 0.5     && < 0.7,
                        -- whatever versions are bundled with ghc:
diff --git a/hackage-security/src/Hackage/Security/Util/JSON.hs b/hackage-security/src/Hackage/Security/Util/JSON.hs
index f35e93ca..6dbd3d02 100644
--- a/hackage-security/src/Hackage/Security/Util/JSON.hs
+++ b/hackage-security/src/Hackage/Security/Util/JSON.hs
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ import Text.JSON.Canonical
 import Network.URI
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 
-#if !MIN_VERSION_time(1,5,0)
-import System.Locale (defaultTimeLocale)
-#endif
-
 import Hackage.Security.Util.Path
 
 {-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -137,10 +133,6 @@ instance ReportSchemaErrors m => FromJSON m UTCTime where
     case parseTimeM False defaultTimeLocale "%FT%TZ" str of
       Just time -> return time
       Nothing   -> expected "valid date-time string" (Just str)
-#if !MIN_VERSION_time(1,5,0)
-    where
-      parseTimeM _trim = parseTime
-#endif
 
 instance ( Monad m
          , ToObjectKey m k