diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index ac48ade7206..c7d805d4c74 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -820,7 +820,9 @@ let
 
     spacetime_lib = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/spacetime_lib { };
 
-    sqlexpr = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/sqlexpr { };
+    sqlexpr = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/sqlexpr {
+      ocaml-migrate-parsetree = ocaml-migrate-parsetree-2-1;
+    };
 
     tsort = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/tsort { };