diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/hadrian.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/hadrian.nix
index 2c3df95f2ea4..62b1a91f6c9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/hadrian.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/hadrian.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# See also ./make-hadria.nix
+# See also ./make-hadrian.nix
 {
   mkDerivation,
   base,
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
   # GHC source tree to build hadrian from
   ghcSrc,
   ghcVersion,
+  # GHC we are using to bootstrap hadrian (stage0)
+  bootGhcVersion,
   # Customization
   userSettings ? null,
 }:
@@ -48,12 +50,19 @@ mkDerivation {
     "-O0"
   ];
   jailbreak =
-    # Ignore lower bound on directory. Upstream uses this to avoid a race condition
+    # Ignore bound directory >= 1.3.9.0, unless the bootstrapping GHC ships it
+    # which is the case for >= 9.12. Upstream uses this to avoid a race condition
     # that only seems to affect Windows. We never build GHC natively on Windows.
-    # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24382
-    # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/a2c033cf82635c83f3107706634bebee43297b99
-    (lib.versionAtLeast ghcVersion "9.6.7" && lib.versionOlder ghcVersion "9.7")
-    || lib.versionAtLeast ghcVersion "9.12";
+    # See also https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24382,
+    # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/a2c033cf826,
+    # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/7890f2d8526…
+    (
+      lib.versionOlder bootGhcVersion "9.12"
+      && (
+        (lib.versionAtLeast ghcVersion "9.6.7" && lib.versionOlder ghcVersion "9.7")
+        || lib.versionAtLeast ghcVersion "9.11"
+      )
+    );
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   executableHaskellDepends = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/make-hadrian.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/make-hadrian.nix
index d2463865c199..2d86c96c82b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/make-hadrian.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hadrian/make-hadrian.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ in
 callPackage' ./hadrian.nix (
   {
     inherit userSettings;
+    # Taking `ghc` as an input may be too confusing
+    bootGhcVersion = bootPkgs.ghc.version;
   }
   // lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versionAtLeast ghcVersion "9.9") {
     # Starting with GHC 9.9 development, additional in tree packages are required