diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 35f43b2680e..27606af75bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       ARCH: 64
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
       TZ: Asia/Singapore
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
+      GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
       TARBALL_EXT: tar.xz
       ARCH: 32
       TZ: Asia/Singapore
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.1
+      GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
       DISTRO: "Unknown"
       ARTIFACT: "i386-linux-unknown"
       ADD_CABAL_ARGS: "--enable-split-sections --enable-executable-static"
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ jobs:
       TZ: Asia/Singapore
       ARCH: ARM64
       DISTRO: Debian
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -225,9 +224,11 @@ jobs:
           - os: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, maerwald]
             ARCH: ARM
             ARTIFACT: "armv7-linux-deb10"
+            GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
           - os: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, maerwald]
             ARCH: ARM64
             ARTIFACT: "aarch64-linux-deb10"
+            GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
     steps:
       - name: git config
         run: |
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ jobs:
           args: bash .github/scripts/build.sh
         env:
           ARTIFACT: ${{ matrix.ARTIFACT }}
+          GHC_VERSION: ${{ matrix.GHC }}
 
       - if: matrix.ARCH == 'ARM64'
         uses: docker://hasufell/arm64v8-debian-haskell:10
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ jobs:
           args: bash .github/scripts/build.sh
         env:
           ARTIFACT: ${{ matrix.ARTIFACT }}
+          GHC_VERSION: ${{ matrix.GHC }}
 
       - if: always()
         name: Upload artifact
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
       ARCH: 64
       TARBALL_EXT: tar.xz
       DISTRO: na
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
+      GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ jobs:
       TARBALL_EXT: tar.xz
       DISTRO: na
       HOMEBREW_CHANGE_ARCH_TO_ARM: 1
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
+      GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ jobs:
       ARCH: 64
       TARBALL_EXT: "zip"
       DISTRO: na
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
+      GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
     steps:
       - name: install windows deps
         shell: pwsh
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ jobs:
       ARCH: 64
       TARBALL_EXT: tar.xz
       DISTRO: na
-      GHC_VERSION: 9.2.8
+      GHC_VERSION: 9.8.2
       RUNNER_OS: FreeBSD
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/cabal.release.project b/cabal.release.project
index ffd7c18adc1..8e120e958d1 100644
--- a/cabal.release.project
+++ b/cabal.release.project
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ import: project-cabal/pkgs/install.config
 import: project-cabal/pkgs/tests.config
 
 constraints:
-  hashable -arch-native
+  hashable -arch-native,
+  tar >= 0.6.2.0,
+  bzlib-conduit >= 0.3.0.3,
+  bz2 >= 1.0.1.1,
+  bzlib >= 0.5.2.0,
+  directory >= 1.3.8.3,
+  filepath == 1.4.101.0 || == 1.4.300.1 || >= 1.5.2.0
+
+package zlib
+  flags: -pkg-config +bundled-c-zlib
 
 index-state: hackage.haskell.org 2024-06-17T00:00:01Z
diff --git a/cabal.validate.project b/cabal.validate.project
index 2e3084cccf0..d7a17e6188f 100644
--- a/cabal.validate.project
+++ b/cabal.validate.project
@@ -11,4 +11,13 @@ program-options
 -- This project file is used to distribute the cabal-head binary,
 -- as such we cannot enable "-march=native".
 constraints:
-  hashable -arch-native
+  hashable -arch-native,
+  tar >= 0.6.2.0,
+  bzlib-conduit >= 0.3.0.3,
+  bz2 >= 1.0.1.1,
+  bzlib >= 0.5.2.0,
+  directory >= 1.3.8.3,
+  filepath == 1.4.101.0 || == 1.4.300.1 || >= 1.5.2.0
+
+package zlib
+  flags: -pkg-config +bundled-c-zlib