diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index b225fe346e73c..22c463e7918a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ self: super: {
   ghc-datasize = disableLibraryProfiling super.ghc-datasize;
   ghc-vis = disableLibraryProfiling super.ghc-vis;
 
+  # patat main branch has an unreleased commit that fixes the build by
+  # relaxing restrictive upper boundaries. This can be removed once there's a
+  # new release following version 0.8.8.0.
+  patat = appendPatch (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/jaspervdj/patat/commit/be9e0fe5642ba6aa7b25705ba17950923e9951fa.patch";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Vxxi46qrkIyzYQZ+fe1vNTPldcQEI2rX2H40GvFJR2M=";
+    excludes = ["stack.yaml" "stack.yaml.lock"];
+  }) super.patat;
+
   # The latest release on hackage has an upper bound on containers which
   # breaks the build, though it works with the version of containers present
   # and the upper bound doesn't exist in code anymore:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 570f58ec2faa2..3cb0b0a9a3e34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -3879,7 +3879,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - pasta
   - pastis
   - pasty
-  - patat
   - patches-vector
   - Pathfinder
   - pathfindingcore
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 63a27b968725a..49f54387b3b01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -216441,9 +216441,7 @@ self: {
        ];
        description = "Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc";
        license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
-       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
        mainProgram = "patat";
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "patch" = callPackage