diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiarg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiarg/default.nix
index 77c81362d24..555435d3c58 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiarg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiarg/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ cabal, explicitException, utf8String }:
+{ cabal, utf8String }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "multiarg";
-  version = "0.18.0.0";
-  sha256 = "1wgnpsnzjsspjvg5srjrzr4mqxhyisidkjj26cangxlhmb88rlwi";
-  buildDepends = [ explicitException utf8String ];
+  version = "0.22.0.0";
+  sha256 = "1fswkgrn8mc92lrzmrxhv6hbgch2lqdvmjn88k4ajqc0gpmpb750";
+  buildDepends = [ utf8String ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/massysett/multiarg";
     description = "Combinators to build command line parsers";