diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/in/invidious/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/in/invidious/package.nix
index db6d48735876..9b4a099fe824 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/in/invidious/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/in/invidious/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   callPackage,
-  crystal,
+  crystal_1_17,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   librsvg,
   pkg-config,
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 let
   # normally video.js is downloaded at build time
   videojs = callPackage ./videojs.nix { inherit versions; };
+  crystal = crystal_1_17;
 in
 crystal.buildCrystalPackage rec {
   pname = "invidious";