diff --git a/associated-token-account/program/Cargo.toml b/associated-token-account/program/Cargo.toml
index 228c5d5a3f4..3cf6fb5fcc3 100644
--- a/associated-token-account/program/Cargo.toml
+++ b/associated-token-account/program/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 borsh = "1.2.1"
 num-derive = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2"
-solana-program = ">=1.18.2,<=2"
+solana-program = "1.18.12"
 spl-token = { version = "4.0", path = "../../token/program", features = [
   "no-entrypoint",
 ] }