diff --git a/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal b/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
index 56ac59f0c3d6f7c59a97f474b4d7ca310c814621..d11a4ec34f892590508c45517ad950d4e78187b0 100644
--- a/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
+++ b/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Executable cabal
     build-depends: base     >= 2        && < 5,
                    Cabal    >= 1.16.0   && < 1.18,
                    filepath >= 1.0      && < 1.4,
-                   network  >= 1        && < 3,
+                   network  >= 1        && < 2.6,
                    HTTP     >= 4000.0.2 && < 4001,
                    zlib     >= 0.4      && < 0.6,
                    time     >= 1.1      && < 1.5,