diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index eb10dac513..a0e059de49 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ tests:
     dependencies:
       - simplexmq
       - deepseq == 1.4.*
-      - hspec == 2.7.*
-      - hspec-core == 2.7.*
+      - hspec >= 2.7 && < 2.11
+      - hspec-core >= 2.7 && < 2.11
       - HUnit == 1.6.*
       - QuickCheck == 2.14.*
       - silently == 1.2.*
diff --git a/simplexmq.cabal b/simplexmq.cabal
index 3061f6fbda..2c9e45dfdf 100644
--- a/simplexmq.cabal
+++ b/simplexmq.cabal
@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@ test-suite simplexmq-test
     , directory ==1.3.*
     , filepath ==1.4.*
     , generic-random >=1.3 && <1.5
-    , hspec ==2.7.*
-    , hspec-core ==2.7.*
+    , hspec >=2.7 && <2.11
+    , hspec-core >=2.7 && <2.11
     , http-types ==0.12.*
     , http2 ==4.1.*
     , ini ==0.4.1