diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c5f6853d5ff..0fff2c73a87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3875,9 +3875,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redb"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7c2a94325f9c5826b17c42af11067230f503747f870117a28180e85696e21ba"
+checksum = "84b1de48a7cf7ba193e81e078d17ee2b786236eed1d3f7c60f8a09545efc4925"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
diff --git a/iroh-base/Cargo.toml b/iroh-base/Cargo.toml
index 536117b587e..b8c2d7c26fb 100644
--- a/iroh-base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-base/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ blake3 = { version = "1.4.5", package = "iroh-blake3", optional = true }
 data-encoding = { version = "2.3.3", optional = true }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "use-std", "experimental-derive"], optional = true }
-redb = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
+redb = { version = "=2.2.0", optional = true } # bumping to 2.3.0 requires a MSRV update
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "2"
 
diff --git a/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml b/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml
index 78c194ebd77..6fff1c3b412 100644
--- a/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ lru = "0.12.3"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 pkarr = { version = "2.2.0", features = [ "async", "relay", "dht"], default-features = false }
 rcgen = "0.13"
-redb = "2.0.0"
+redb = "=2.2.0" # bumping to 2.3.0 requires a MSRV update
 regex = "1.10.3"
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring"] }
 rustls-pemfile = { version = "2.1" }