diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index dd494a3df0..810f1f28c1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ (define-public dee
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("pygobject" ,python-pygobject)
        ("python" ,python-wrapper)
-       ("vala" ,vala)))
+       ("vala" ,vala-0.52)))
     (inputs
      `(("icu" ,icu4c)))
     (propagated-inputs