diff --git a/extra/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal b/extra/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal
index 16d6b0b9e..694a60dee 100644
--- a/extra/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal
+++ b/extra/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ executable hledger-chart
                  ,HUnit
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cabal-file-th
-                 ,cmdargs >= 0.9.1   && < 0.10
+                 ,cmdargs == 0.8.*
                  ,containers
                  -- ,csv
                  -- ,directory
diff --git a/extra/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal b/extra/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal
index 372f656e7..158cf9948 100644
--- a/extra/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal
+++ b/extra/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ executable hledger-vty
                  ,HUnit
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cabal-file-th
-                 ,cmdargs >= 0.9.1   && < 0.10
+                 ,cmdargs == 0.8.*
                  -- ,containers
                  -- ,csv
                  -- ,directory