diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 16783b5f..641e0040 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -5495,7 +5495,7 @@ packages:
         - quickcheck-unicode
         - quicklz
         - ral # req'd by boring
-        - random
+        - random < 1.3.0 # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7648
         - random-shuffle
         - range-set-list
         - ratio-int