diff --git a/L/libgeotiff/build_tarballs.jl b/L/libgeotiff/build_tarballs.jl
index 66450fec13d..04903289f06 100644
--- a/L/libgeotiff/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/L/libgeotiff/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
     Dependency("LibCURL_jll"; compat="7.73,8"),
     Dependency("Libtiff_jll"; compat="4.7"),
     Dependency("PROJ_jll"; compat="902.500"),
-    Dependency("Zlib_jll"; compat="1.3"),
+    Dependency("Zlib_jll"; compat="1.2.12"),
 ]
 
 # Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.