diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/terminfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/terminfo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c12d8d94a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/terminfo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{cabal, ncurses}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "terminfo";
+  version = "0.3.0.2";
+  sha256 = "2303d934fcec0f6413f15887f7f42e8e2e5b27812534a929bf585bfa6f3a9229";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ncurses];
+  meta = {
+    description = "Haskell bindings for the terminfo library";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uu-parsinglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uu-parsinglib/default.nix
index d7507be3d456..aaa93d1c1def 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uu-parsinglib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uu-parsinglib/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
   pname = "uu-parsinglib";
-  version = "2.0.0";
-  sha256 = "b92246d7019fcdf8a6448686eb619b176b1744217f64e31f14e906b4991198ca";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+  sha256 = "e00c0c0b4df515ffa60706cf79ab71a78a071fe77799bfa7b0240b01d5ff962d";
   meta = {
     description = "New version of the Utrecht University parser combinator library";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/default.nix
index 930e19ae89c5..a38ee70ce34b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-{cabal}:
+{cabal, utf8String, terminfo}:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
   pname = "vty";
-  version = "3.0.0";
-  sha256 = "44ae53d06b8b45c14cd3861e860a38730ed9995ed56b1b3d9aba6641771f1947";
+  version = "3.1.8.4";
+  sha256 = "9a006e77bb4f032613e059eea7bc4d92cbc7943449fb9c7269a061ddd9b3d82b";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [utf8String terminfo];
   meta = {
-    description = "vty is a *very* simplistic library in the niche of ncurses";
+    description = "A simple terminal access library";
   };
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i 's|^Build-Depends:.*$|&, bytestring, containers|' ${self.pname}.cabal
-  '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 48418f52ddb9..978fbace5dc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -294,6 +294,11 @@ rec {
     inherit cabal parallel;
   };
 
+  terminfo = import ../development/libraries/haskell/terminfo {
+    inherit cabal;
+    inherit (pkgs) ncurses;
+  };
+
   time = import ../development/libraries/haskell/time {
     inherit cabal;
   };
@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   vty = import ../development/libraries/haskell/vty {
-    inherit cabal;
+    inherit cabal utf8String terminfo;
   };
 
   wx = import ../development/libraries/haskell/wxHaskell/wx.nix {