diff --git a/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template b/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template
index a87db87c75b..35c8c31a2e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/docker/compose/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=843a458d366ca1d41ceec08b3387ba55c6953eba3a171d6af90db0b01f494312
 
 pre_build() {
-	# remove all upper bounds
-	sed -i 's/, *< *[0-9=.]*//' setup.py
+	# relax texttable upper bound
+	sed -i '/texttable/s/, < 0.10//' setup.py
 }
 post_install() {
 	vinstall contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose 644 \