diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 9888d43d2..f76b6ac6b 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ packages:
         - mmark-cli
         - mmark-ext
         - modern-uri
-        - ormolu
+        - ormolu < 0.8 # drop bound for ghc-9.12
         - pagination
         - parser-combinators
         - parser-combinators-tests