diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 82073ff0989..aaa615f4caa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with import ./lib.nix { inherit pkgs; };
 self: super: {
 
   # Some packages need a non-core version of Cabal.
-  cabal-install = super.cabal-install.overrideScope (self: super: { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_0_0; });
+  cabal-install = super.cabal-install.overrideScope (self: super: { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_1_0; });
 
   # Link statically to avoid runtime dependency on GHC.
   jailbreak-cabal = (disableSharedExecutables super.jailbreak-cabal).override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_20_0_4; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
index 95629c37532..9710d139f8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ self: super: {
   xhtml = null;
 
   # Enable latest version of cabal-install.
-  cabal-install = (dontCheck (super.cabal-install)).overrideScope (self: super: { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_0_0; });
+  cabal-install = (dontCheck (super.cabal-install)).overrideScope (self: super: { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_1_0; });
 
   # Build jailbreak-cabal with the latest version of Cabal.
-  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_0_0; };
+  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_1_0; };
 
   Extra = appendPatch super.Extra (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://github.com/seereason/sr-extra/commit/29787ad4c20c962924b823d02a7335da98143603.patch";