diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 876f97ec673..3d215cb03ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ core-packages:
   - ghcjs-base-0
 
 default-package-overrides:
+  - ghc-lib-parser ==0.20190523  # newer versions break hlint
   # LTS Haskell 13.24
   - abstract-deque ==0.3
   - abstract-deque-tests ==0.3