diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 89e0f88f10f6287407f15cfd7ade7f0b4eefaaf9..fc4cf07a7ae9985f213e3a5aff70d19c8cee16d2 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ constraints: unix >= 2.7.1.0
 -- Uncomment to allow picking up extra local unpacked deps:
 --optional-packages: */
 
+-- Remove after hackage-repo-tool release
+allow-newer:
+  hackage-repo-tool:optparse-applicative
+
 program-options
   -- So us hackers get all the assertion failures early:
   --