diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
index 2a93b08fef1..736be056e0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@ self: super: {
   dhall_1_13_0 = doJailbreak super.dhall_1_14_0;  # support ansi-terminal 0.8.x
   HaTeX = self.HaTeX_3_19_0_0;
   hpack = self.hpack_0_28_2;
-  hspec = dontCheck super.hspec_2_5_1;
-  hspec-core = dontCheck super.hspec-core_2_5_1;
-  hspec-discover = self.hspec-discover_2_5_1;
+  hspec = dontCheck super.hspec_2_5_3;
+  hspec-core = dontCheck super.hspec-core_2_5_3;
+  hspec-discover = self.hspec-discover_2_5_3;
   hspec-smallcheck = self.hspec-smallcheck_0_5_2;
   matrix = self.matrix_0_3_6_1;
   pandoc = self.pandoc_2_2_1;