diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 74e799ad..cde930f4 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -2867,6 +2867,9 @@ expected-test-failures:
     # https://github.com/fpco/inline-c/issues/51
     - inline-c
 
+    # https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues/278
+    - hspec-core
+
 # end of expected-test-failures
 
 # Benchmarks which are known not to build. Note that, currently we do not run