diff --git a/server/autotest_server/testers/haskell/stack_permissions.sh b/server/autotest_server/testers/haskell/stack_permissions.sh
index 1671af06..22c3fd34 100755
--- a/server/autotest_server/testers/haskell/stack_permissions.sh
+++ b/server/autotest_server/testers/haskell/stack_permissions.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 echo "allow-different-user: true" >> $STACK_ROOT/config.yaml
+echo "recommend-stack-upgrade: false" >> $STACK_ROOT/config.yaml
 chmod a+w $STACK_ROOT/stack.sqlite3.pantry-write-lock
 chmod a+w $STACK_ROOT/global-project/.stack-work/stack.sqlite3.pantry-write-lock
 chmod a+w $STACK_ROOT/pantry/pantry.sqlite3.pantry-write-lock
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