diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 61f2119b..d9f382a8 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -7922,6 +7922,9 @@ packages:
         # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7869
         - typst-symbols < 0.1.9
 
+        # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7870
+        - shakespeare < 2.2.0
+
     # end of Stackage upper bounds
 # end of packages