diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 944a21d7b28..a798391ccd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ let
   lua5_2_compat = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/5.2.nix {
     compat = true;
   };
-  lua5 = lua5_1;
+  lua5 = lua5_2_compat;
   lua = lua5;
 
   lua5_sockets = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5/sockets.nix {};