diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 3318f930..c9638349 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -760,6 +760,9 @@ packages:
         # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/445
         - semigroupoids < 4.3
 
+        # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/453
+        - descriptive < 0.9
+
 # Package flags are applied to individual packages, and override the values of
 # global-flags
 package-flags: