diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 10eb1c12d1ae..db14e2e1bb15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9973,7 +9973,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   clickhouse-cli = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication clickhouse-cli;
 
-  couchdb3 = callPackage ../servers/http/couchdb/3.nix { };
+  couchdb3 = callPackage ../servers/http/couchdb/3.nix {
+    erlang = beamMinimalPackages.erlang;
+  };
 
   dcnnt = python3Packages.callPackage ../servers/dcnnt { };