diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 5fba36bfa..f9814f684 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -5628,7 +5628,7 @@ packages:
         - pretty-show
         - prettyprinter-convert-ansi-wl-pprint < 0 # 1.1.2 # fails to compile (#7017)
         - primes
-        - primitive
+        - primitive < 0.9 # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7138
         - primitive-unaligned
         - process-extras
         - product-isomorphic < 0 # 0.0.3.3