diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 494d4380fa1..8cec99e0ce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ self: super: {
   arbtt = doJailbreak super.arbtt;
 
   # https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/issues/1563
-  yesod-core = dontCheck super.yesod-core;
+  yesod-core = self.yesod-core_1_6_8_1;
 
   # https://github.com/danfran/cabal-macosx/issues/13
   cabal-macosx = dontCheck super.cabal-macosx;