diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py
index 2f25a7cc212..541f5353534 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ class Mfem(Package):
 
     depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
     depends_on('hypre', when='+mpi')
+    depends_on('hypre@2.10.0:2.13.999', when='@:3.3.2')
+
     depends_on('metis', when='+metis')
     depends_on('blas', when='+lapack')
     depends_on('lapack', when='+lapack')