diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index d5e97bd837d..9cb71a43a30 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2424,8 +2424,8 @@ default-package-overrides:
   - ztail ==1.2
 
 extra-packages:
-  - aeson < 0.8                         # newer versions don't work with GHC 6.12.3
-  - aeson < 1.1                         # required by stack
+  - aeson < 0.8                         # newer versions don't work with GHC 7.6.x or earlier
+  - aeson < 1                           # required by liquidhaskell-0.8.0.0
   - aeson-pretty < 0.8                  # required by elm compiler
   - binary > 0.7 && < 0.8               # keep a 7.x major release around for older compilers
   - binary > 0.8 && < 0.9               # keep a 8.x major release around for older compilers