diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.14.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.14.x.nix
index fb19a67d26ea..8b24d8acc949 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.14.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.14.x.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ with haskellLib;
 
   # haskell-debugger only works with ghc 9.14+
   haskell-debugger-view = doDistribute (unmarkBroken super.haskell-debugger-view);
+  haskell-debugger = doJailbreak super.haskell-debugger; # hie-bios < 0.18, random >=1.3.1
 
   ghc-exactprint_1_14_0_0 = addBuildDepends [
     # cabal2nix drops conditional block: impl (ghc >= 9.14)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index ab7fe762e66f..42957e04b03f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -1966,6 +1966,9 @@ builtins.intersectAttrs super {
     broken = false;
   }) super.cabal-install;
 
+  # lots of errors
+  haskell-debugger = dontCheck super.haskell-debugger;
+
   keid-render-basic = addBuildTool pkgs.glslang super.keid-render-basic;
 
   # Disable checks to break dependency loop with SCalendar