diff --git a/overlays/age.nix b/overlays/age.nix
index e02cb38..4092dee 100644
--- a/overlays/age.nix
+++ b/overlays/age.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Pin age because it is failing to build
+# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/265753
 
 inputs: _final: prev: {
-  age = prev.age.overrideAttrs (old: { src = inputs.age; });
+  age = prev.age.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    src = inputs.age;
+    doCheck = false; # https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/issues/517
+  });
 }