diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7babe1224033..029c8f708745 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12384,7 +12384,9 @@ in
 
   freeimage = callPackage ../development/libraries/freeimage { };
 
-  freetts = callPackage ../development/libraries/freetts { };
+  freetts = callPackage ../development/libraries/freetts {
+    jdk = jdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
+  };
 
   frog = res.languageMachines.frog;