diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b232dc5..c36e263 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -387,18 +387,18 @@ checksum = "b0293b4b29daaf487284529cc2f5675b8e57c61f70167ba415a463651fd6a918"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.174"
+version = "1.0.171"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b88756493a5bd5e5395d53baa70b194b05764ab85b59e43e4b8f4e1192fa9b1"
+checksum = "30e27d1e4fd7659406c492fd6cfaf2066ba8773de45ca75e855590f856dc34a9"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.174"
+version = "1.0.171"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e5c3a298c7f978e53536f95a63bdc4c4a64550582f31a0359a9afda6aede62e"
+checksum = "389894603bd18c46fa56231694f8d827779c0951a667087194cf9de94ed24682"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/alpkit/Cargo.toml b/alpkit/Cargo.toml
index 3c2d8d4..422b6aa 100644
--- a/alpkit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alpkit/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ bitmask-enum = "2.1"
 field_names = "0.2"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 process_control = { version = "4.0", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+# Due to https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2538
+serde = { version = "1.0, < 1.0.172", features = ["derive"] }
 tar = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0"