diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index e4dc26dece49..ddc9f47c0453 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1110,14 +1110,16 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/elliottt/hsopenid/issues/15
   openid = markBroken super.openid;
 
-  # The test suite needs the packages's executables in $PATH to succeed.
-  arbtt = overrideCabal (drv: {
+  # Version constraints on test dependency tasty-golden need to be relaxed:
+  # https://github.com/nomeata/arbtt/pull/146
+  arbtt = doJailbreak (overrideCabal (drv: {
+    # The test suite needs the packages's executables in $PATH to succeed.
     preCheck = ''
       for i in $PWD/dist/build/*; do
         export PATH="$i:$PATH"
       done
     '';
-  }) super.arbtt;
+  }) super.arbtt);
 
   # https://github.com/erikd/hjsmin/issues/32
   hjsmin = dontCheck super.hjsmin;