diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 7a70eb0982..223ad8f57e 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-packages: . ../simplexmq-4
--- packages: . ../simplexmq
+packages: . ../simplexmq
 -- packages: . ../simplexmq ../direct-sqlcipher ../sqlcipher-simple
 
 -- uncomment two sections below to run tests with coverage
@@ -18,6 +17,11 @@ package cryptostore
 
 constraints: zip +disable-bzip2 +disable-zstd
 
+source-repository-package
+    type: git
+    location: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git
+    tag: 42dd4bf207cfdfa293e144d00a09dadb0dca4f57
+
 source-repository-package
     type: git
     location: https://github.com/simplex-chat/hs-socks.git