diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 37ea8c02a936..f598758f4a0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ self: super: {
   opencv = dontCheck (appendPatch ./patches/opencv-fix-116.patch super.opencv);
   opencv-extra = dontCheck (appendPatch ./patches/opencv-fix-116.patch super.opencv-extra);
 
+  # Too strict lower bound on hspec
+  graphql =
+    assert lib.versionOlder self.hspec.version "2.10";
+    doJailbreak super.graphql;
+
   # https://github.com/ekmett/structures/issues/3
   structures = dontCheck super.structures;