diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpctoolkit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpctoolkit/package.py
index 9a965502de..a8c489f87d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpctoolkit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpctoolkit/package.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Hpctoolkit(AutotoolsPackage):
         ' +graph +regex +shared +multithreaded visibility=global'
     )
 
-    depends_on('binutils+libiberty~nls', type='link')
+    depends_on('binutils@:2.33.1+libiberty~nls', type='link')
     depends_on('boost' + boost_libs)
     depends_on('bzip2+shared', type='link')
     depends_on('dyninst@9.3.2:')