diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index b46450d5..813ee6ce 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -8040,6 +8040,9 @@ packages:
 
         # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7838
         - tar < 0.7.0.0
+
+        # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/7839
+        - wide-word < 0.1.8.0
     # end of Stackage upper bounds
 # end of packages