diff --git a/overlays/overrides.nix b/overlays/overrides.nix
index 1c5070db..4f94b6a9 100644
--- a/overlays/overrides.nix
+++ b/overlays/overrides.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ channels: final: prev: {
     deploy-rs
     ;
 
+  # nix is set to 2.3 in 21.11
+  nix-direnv = prev.nix-direnv.override { nix_2_4 = true; };
 
   haskellPackages = prev.haskellPackages.override
     (old: {