diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.4.x.nix
index 5bdd1686935a..e063268f9680 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.4.x.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ in {
 
   # Jailbreaks & Version Updates
 
-  aeson = doDistribute self.aeson_2_1_2_1;
+  # Jailbreak to allow quickcheck-instances-0.3.28 (too strict lower bound)
+  aeson = doDistribute (doJailbreak self.aeson_2_1_2_1);
 
   assoc = doJailbreak super.assoc;
   async = doJailbreak super.async;