diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db8329aa5..e508b0b62 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ rstest = "0.26.0"
 rust-ini = "0.21.0"
 same-file = "1.0.6"
 self_cell = "1.0.4"
-selinux = "0.5.2"
+# FIXME we use the exact version because the new 0.5.3 requires an MSRV of 1.88
+selinux = "=0.5.2"
 signal-hook = "0.3.17"
 tempfile = "3.15.0"
 terminal_size = "0.4.0"