diff --git a/ghc-shelly.spec b/ghc-shelly.spec
index 9ce377f..ca6fa60 100644
--- a/ghc-shelly.spec
+++ b/ghc-shelly.spec
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ This package provides the Haskell %{pkg_name} profiling library.
 %setup -q -n %{pkgver} -a1 -a2 -a3
 cp -bp %{SOURCE4} %{pkg_name}.cabal
 # End cabal-rpm setup
+( cd %{typeequality}
+  cabal-tweak-dep-ver base '<4.14' '<4.16'
+)
 
 
 %build