diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
index 9aab512aa69c8072656ed2f331c516e84169a567..4e8e69a5c20e8c6c97857b272bc8d1566f867e24 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ packages:
   adios2:
     require: ['+kokkos']
 
+  apr:
+    # https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4813
+    require: ['@1.6.2']
+
   arpack-ng:
     prefer: ['+mpi']