diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index eeb1fd0b633d..baae48d64427 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -966,7 +966,8 @@ in
 
   rocks-dev-nvim = prev.rocks-dev-nvim.overrideAttrs (oa: {
 
-    doCheck = true;
+    # E5113: Error while calling lua chunk [...] pl.path requires LuaFileSystem
+    doCheck = luaOlder "5.2";
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted