diff --git a/hledger-ui.changes b/hledger-ui.changes
index ee82f30..1fe12d7 100644
--- a/hledger-ui.changes
+++ b/hledger-ui.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  7 18:42:23 UTC 2021 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
+
+- relax constranits on base-compat 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug  8 22:07:03 UTC 2021 - psimons@suse.com
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui.spec b/hledger-ui.spec
index ef495b4..02a084b 100644
--- a/hledger-ui.spec
+++ b/hledger-ui.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Read more at: <https://hledger.org>.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup
+cabal-tweak-dep-ver 'base-compat-batteries' '<0.12' '<0.13'
 
 %build
 %ghc_bin_build