diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 4fdb2108fae0..ef49ab976244 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2546,6 +2546,11 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/tweag/webauthn/issues/166
   webauthn = dontCheck super.webauthn;
 
+  # Too strict lower bound on hspec
+  wai-token-bucket-ratelimiter =
+    assert lib.versionOlder self.hspec.version "2.10";
+    doJailbreak super.wai-token-bucket-ratelimiter;
+
   # doctest <0.19
   polysemy = doJailbreak super.polysemy;