diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 865547e00228..b3f6a71d3315 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ in {
       buildTargetLlvmPackages = pkgsBuildTarget.llvmPackages_15;
       llvmPackages = pkgs.llvmPackages_15;
     };
-    ghc98 = compiler.ghc983;
+    ghc98 = compiler.ghc982; # HLS doesn't work yet with 9.8.3
     ghc9101 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/9.10.1.nix {
       bootPkgs =
         # For GHC 9.6 no armv7l bindists are available.
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ in {
       ghc = bh.compiler.ghc983;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix { };
     };
-    ghc98 = packages.ghc983;
+    ghc98 = packages.ghc982; # HLS doesn't work yet with 9.8.3
     ghc9101 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
       buildHaskellPackages = bh.packages.ghc9101;
       ghc = bh.compiler.ghc9101;