diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 63858730..44025e1f 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -5564,7 +5564,7 @@ packages:
         - servant-multipart-client
         - servant-swagger-ui-redoc
         - setenv
-        - shakespeare
+        - shakespeare < 2.1.1 || > 2.1.1 # deprecated version
         - shakespeare-text
         - shell-escape
         - simple-reflect
@@ -8806,7 +8806,6 @@ expected-test-failures:
     - roc-id # negative quickcheck resize
     - rose-trees
     - safe-decimal
-    - shakespeare # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7500
     - simple-affine-space
     - simple-vec3 # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/pull/5410
     - singletons-base