diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 39136e3ea..dda8524c7 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ Executable test-pandoc
     Extensions:       CPP
     Build-Depends:    base >= 4 && < 5, Diff, test-framework >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
                       test-framework-hunit >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
-                      test-framework-quickcheck2 >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
-                      QuickCheck >= 2.3,
+                      test-framework-quickcheck2 >= 0.2.9 && < 0.3,
+                      QuickCheck == 2.4.*,
                       HUnit >= 1.2 && < 1.3,
                       template-haskell == 2.4.*
     Other-Modules:    Tests.Old