diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index fa9a7d9ab5..d21fb240a8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -10284,7 +10284,20 @@ XChaCha20, XChaCha12 and XChaCha8 stream ciphers, and also optional
         (base32 "0alawaaakczsll1b98qf4m6r6kfaw28506ljvsysjyjz3mnyv11v"))))
     (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'configure 'relax-requirements
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute*
+                 "guix-vendor/rust-chacha20-0.8.1.tar.gz/Cargo.toml"
+               (("version = \">=1, <1.5\"") "version = \"^1\""))
+             (substitute*
+                 "guix-vendor/rust-chacha20poly1305-0.9.0.tar.gz/Cargo.toml"
+               (("version = \">=1, <1.5\"") "version = \"^1\""))
+             (substitute*
+                 "Cargo.toml"
+               (("version = \">=1, <1.5\"") "version = \"^1\"")))))
+       #:cargo-inputs
        (("rust-aead" ,rust-aead-0.4)
         ("rust-chacha20" ,rust-chacha20-0.8)
         ("rust-cipher" ,rust-cipher-0.3)