diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 71228a9cd99f..65f4c4db58ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1534,4 +1534,8 @@ self: super: {
   # Break out of overspecified constraint on QuickCheck.
   psqueues = doJailbreak super.psqueues;
 
+  # Break out of overspecified constraint on QuickCheck.
+  # https://github.com/haskell/attoparsec/pull/168
+  attoparsec = doJailbreak super.attoparsec;
+
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super