diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 73022b577d79bf..369296abd8fb2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1250,4 +1250,8 @@ self: super: {
     postFetch = "sed -i -e s,gtk.cabal-renamed,gtk.cabal, $out";
   });
 
+  # Version bounds for http-client are too strict:
+  # https://github.com/bitnomial/prometheus/issues/34
+  prometheus = doJailbreak super.prometheus;
+
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super