diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/dvc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/dvc/default.nix
index b8361d8bd703..6f1c4fe18577 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/dvc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/dvc/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
       --replace "grandalf==0.6" "grandalf" \
-      --replace "scmrepo==0.0.25" "scmrepo"
+      --replace "scmrepo==0.0.25" "scmrepo" \
+      --replace "pathspec>=0.9.0,<0.10.0" "pathspec"
     substituteInPlace dvc/daemon.py \
       --subst-var-by dvc "$out/bin/dcv"
   '';