diff --git a/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
index 8e66885..f646a98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ jobs:
           touch cabal.project.local
           echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_tar}" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_htar}" >> cabal.project
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package tar" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package htar" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
+          echo "package tar" >> cabal.project
+          echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project
+          echo "package htar" >> cabal.project
+          echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project
           cat >> cabal.project <<EOF
           EOF
           $HCPKG list --simple-output --names-only | perl -ne 'for (split /\s+/) { print "constraints: $_ installed\n" unless /^(directory|htar|tar)$/; }' >> cabal.project.local
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
       - name: haddock
         run: |
-          $CABAL v2-haddock --disable-documentation --haddock-all $ARG_COMPILER --with-haddock $HADDOCK $ARG_TESTS $ARG_BENCH all
+          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80600)) -ne 0 ] ; then $CABAL v2-haddock --disable-documentation --haddock-all $ARG_COMPILER --with-haddock $HADDOCK $ARG_TESTS $ARG_BENCH all ; fi
       - name: unconstrained build
         run: |
           rm -f cabal.project.local
diff --git a/cabal.haskell-ci b/cabal.haskell-ci
index 5def30c..7540280 100644
--- a/cabal.haskell-ci
+++ b/cabal.haskell-ci
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 installed: -directory
+haddock: >= 8.6
diff --git a/htar/htar.cabal b/htar/htar.cabal
index 50480ee..4393ae1 100644
--- a/htar/htar.cabal
+++ b/htar/htar.cabal
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ description:     A Command-line utility to create, extract and list the
 build-type:      Simple
 cabal-version:   2.0
 tested-with:     GHC==9.8.1, GHC==9.6.3, GHC==9.4.8, GHC==9.2.8, GHC==9.0.2,
-                 GHC==8.10.7, GHC==8.8.4, GHC==8.6.5, GHC==8.4.4,
-                 GHC==8.2.2, GHC==8.0.2
+                 GHC==8.10.7, GHC==8.8.4, GHC==8.6.5, GHC==8.4.4
 
 executable htar
   default-language: Haskell2010