diff --git a/gnu/packages/vim.scm b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
index 56deb12c3d..dadffa3ab1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ (define-public neovim
              #t))
          (add-after 'unpack 'set-lua-paths
            (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let* ((lua-version "5.2")
+             (let* ((lua-version "5.1")
                     (lua-cpath-spec
                      (lambda (prefix)
                        (let ((path (string-append prefix "/lib/lua/" lua-version)))
@@ -783,10 +783,10 @@ (define-public neovim
        ("unibilium" ,unibilium)
        ("jemalloc" ,jemalloc)
        ("libiconv" ,libiconv)
-       ("lua" ,lua-5.2)
-       ("lua-lpeg" ,lua5.2-lpeg)
-       ("lua-bitop" ,lua5.2-bitop)
-       ("lua-libmpack" ,lua5.2-libmpack)))
+       ("lua" ,lua-5.1)
+       ("lua-lpeg" ,lua5.1-lpeg)
+       ("lua-bitop" ,lua5.1-bitop)
+       ("lua-libmpack" ,lua5.1-libmpack)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)