diff --git a/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix b/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
index 94f8a28add9b..763dc3f63a6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_net, fpc, ghcWithPackages, ffmpeg_4, freeglut
+{ stdenv, SDL2_image_2_6, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_net, fpc, ghcWithPackages, ffmpeg_4, freeglut
 , lib, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, lua5_1, SDL2, SDL2_mixer
 , zlib, libpng, libGL, libGLU, physfs
 , qtbase, qttools, wrapQtAppsHook
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config qttools wrapQtAppsHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    SDL2_ttf SDL2_net SDL2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_image
+    SDL2_ttf SDL2_net SDL2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_image_2_6
     fpc lua5_1
     llvm # hard-requirement on aarch64, for some reason not strictly necessary on x86-64
     ffmpeg_4 freeglut physfs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.concatMapStringsSep " " (e: "-rpath ${e}/lib") [
     SDL2.out
-    SDL2_image
+    SDL2_image_2_6
     SDL2_mixer
     SDL2_net
     SDL2_ttf
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cd2434bcb4df..74c04480e8da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24925,6 +24925,12 @@ with pkgs;
     version = "2.0.5";
     hash = "sha256-vdX24CZoL31+G+C2BRsgnaL0AqLdi9HEvZwlrSYxCNA";
   });
+  SDL2_image_2_6 = SDL2_image.override({
+    # Pinned for hedgewars:
+    #   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/274185#issuecomment-1856764786
+    version = "2.6.3";
+    hash = "sha256-kxyb5b8dfI+um33BV4KLfu6HTiPH8ktEun7/a0g2MSw=";
+  });
 
   SDL2_mixer = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL2_mixer {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices AudioUnit AudioToolbox;