diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
index 8daff3ad4058..d295ad3d63df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ default-package-overrides:
   - http-client-restricted < 0.0.5
   # Needs dhall 1.41.*, Stackage LTS 19 has 1.40
   - dhall-nix < 1.1.24
+  # Temporarily forbid distribution-nixpkgs updates until cabal2nix supports the new version
+  - distribution-nixpkgs < 1.7.0
 
 extra-packages:
   - aeson < 2                           # required by pantry-0.5.2