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 0ca617bc6be6..d5c1fadc5a2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ self: super: {
   unicode-transforms = dontCheck super.unicode-transforms;
   RSA = dontCheck super.RSA; # https://github.com/GaloisInc/RSA/issues/14
   monad-par = dontCheck super.monad-par;  # https://github.com/simonmar/monad-par/issues/66
+  github = dontCheck super.github; # hspec upper bound exceeded; https://github.com/phadej/github/pull/341
 
   # https://github.com/jgm/skylighting/issues/55
   skylighting-core = dontCheck super.skylighting-core;