diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
index 6190dd9ab931..80033c11062c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ self: super: {
   cereal = dontCheck super.cereal;
   data-clist = doJailbreak super.data-clist;  # won't cope with QuickCheck 2.12.x
   Diff = dontCheck super.Diff;
+  HaTeX = doJailbreak super.HaTeX; # containers >=0.4 && <0.6 is too tight; https://github.com/Daniel-Diaz/HaTeX/issues/126
   hpc-coveralls = doJailbreak super.hpc-coveralls; # https://github.com/guillaume-nargeot/hpc-coveralls/issues/82
   http-api-data = doJailbreak super.http-api-data;
   persistent-sqlite = dontCheck super.persistent-sqlite;