diff --git a/jenkins-build.sh b/jenkins-build.sh
index 0ec25986..46a87084 100755
--- a/jenkins-build.sh
+++ b/jenkins-build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 cabal update
 (cd patching/ && ./scripts/create-tarballs.sh)
 cabal install
-cabal install Cabal
+cabal install Cabal-$(cabal --version | sed -n 's@using version \(.*\) of the Cabal library@\1@p')
 ./dist/build/stackage/stackage select --no-platform
 ./dist/build/stackage/stackage check
 ./dist/build/stackage/stackage build