diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 552cf1e27..bddeb3e04 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
             };
 
             shell.tools = {
-              cabal = "3.10.3.0";
+              cabal = { version = "3.10.3.0"; compiler-nix-name = "ghc982"; };
               ghcid = "0.8.8";
               haskell-language-server = {
                 src =