diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74a052d..c05283c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Package Versioning Policy](https://wiki.haskell.org/Package_versioning_policy).
 
+## [2.7.1.3] - 2022-11-20
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Build failure on GHCs which don't have `MonadFail` in the `Prelude`
+
 ## [2.7.1.2] - 2022-10-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Database/MongoDB/Admin.hs b/Database/MongoDB/Admin.hs
index da9f197..f36e0a9 100644
--- a/Database/MongoDB/Admin.hs
+++ b/Database/MongoDB/Admin.hs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 #endif
 import Control.Concurrent (forkIO, threadDelay)
 import Control.Monad (forever, unless, liftM)
+import Control.Monad.Fail (MonadFail)
 import Data.IORef (IORef, newIORef, readIORef, writeIORef)
 import Data.Maybe (maybeToList)
 import Data.Set (Set)
diff --git a/Database/MongoDB/Connection.hs b/Database/MongoDB/Connection.hs
index 63b0786..3edffef 100644
--- a/Database/MongoDB/Connection.hs
+++ b/Database/MongoDB/Connection.hs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 #endif
 
 import Control.Monad (forM_, guard)
+import Control.Monad.Fail (MonadFail)
 import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
 import System.Timeout (timeout)
 import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec (parse, many1, letter, digit, char, anyChar, eof,
diff --git a/Database/MongoDB/GridFS.hs b/Database/MongoDB/GridFS.hs
index a78bb6c..ad24ca7 100644
--- a/Database/MongoDB/GridFS.hs
+++ b/Database/MongoDB/GridFS.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module Database.MongoDB.GridFS
 
 
 import Control.Monad(when)
+import Control.Monad.Fail (MonadFail)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import Control.Monad.Trans(lift)
 
diff --git a/Database/MongoDB/Query.hs b/Database/MongoDB/Query.hs
index a8ec1dc..923ccbe 100644
--- a/Database/MongoDB/Query.hs
+++ b/Database/MongoDB/Query.hs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import Control.Monad
     void,
     when,
   )
+import Control.Monad.Fail (MonadFail)
 import Control.Monad.Reader (MonadReader, ReaderT, ask, asks, local, runReaderT)
 import Control.Monad.Trans (MonadIO, liftIO)
 import qualified Crypto.Hash.MD5 as MD5
diff --git a/mongoDB.cabal b/mongoDB.cabal
index f4119a9..731fc12 100644
--- a/mongoDB.cabal
+++ b/mongoDB.cabal
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ test-suite test
 
   default-language: Haskell2010
   default-extensions: OverloadedStrings
+  build-tool-depends:
+    hspec-discover:hspec-discover
 
 Benchmark bench
   main-is:            Benchmark.hs