diff --git a/nix/haskell.nix b/nix/haskell.nix
index cf21a4cfd12..1c17cf55031 100644
--- a/nix/haskell.nix
+++ b/nix/haskell.nix
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ let
     {
       src = ../.;
       name = "cardano-node";
-      compiler-nix-name = lib.mkDefault "ghc8107";
+      compiler-nix-name = lib.mkDefault "ghc96";
       # extra-compilers
-      flake.variants = lib.genAttrs ["ghc96"] (x: {compiler-nix-name = x;});
+      flake.variants = lib.genAttrs ["ghc8107"] (x: {compiler-nix-name = x;});
       cabalProjectLocal = ''
         repository cardano-haskell-packages-local
           url: file:${CHaP}