diff --git a/ghc-libsystemd-journal.changes b/ghc-libsystemd-journal.changes
index daee8bc..448e810 100644
--- a/ghc-libsystemd-journal.changes
+++ b/ghc-libsystemd-journal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 21 20:07:38 UTC 2021 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
+
+- relax overspecified constraints on semigroups 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 17 12:20:00 UTC 2020 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
  
diff --git a/ghc-libsystemd-journal.spec b/ghc-libsystemd-journal.spec
index af08aa9..434dc55 100644
--- a/ghc-libsystemd-journal.spec
+++ b/ghc-libsystemd-journal.spec
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ files.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{pkg_name}-%{version}
+cabal-tweak-dep-ver 'semigroups' '< 0.2' '< 1'
 
 %build
 %ghc_lib_build