diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docling-parse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docling-parse/default.nix
index 6f4ec7aeeaa1..ab1a5f14f32a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docling-parse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docling-parse/default.nix
@@ -102,5 +102,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/DS4SD/docling-parse";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
+    # error: no matching conversion for functional-style cast from 'bool' to 'nlohmann::basic_json<>'
+    # See https://github.com/docling-project/docling-parse/issues/172 for context
+    broken = true;
   };
 }