diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 8d8cb9729c0e..d7bd5d538b13 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ in
     ];
     postConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace ''${rockspecFilename} \
-        --replace "'lua_cliargs = 3.0'," "'lua_cliargs >= 3.0',"
+        --replace-fail "'lua_cliargs = 3.0'," "'lua_cliargs >= 3.0-1',"
     '';
     postInstall = ''
       installShellCompletion --cmd busted \