diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c814a4697f80a8a6b7aa6c3580056f49d6e6314b..fef871ffbd7c5c7fa6f7c271982d6bfa459e37e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ workflow:
 # which versions of GHC to allow bootstrap with
 .bootstrap_matrix : &bootstrap_matrix
   matrix:
-    - GHC_VERSION: 9.4.8
-      DOCKER_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ci-images/x86_64-linux-deb10-ghc9_4:$DOCKER_REV"
     - GHC_VERSION: 9.6.4
       DOCKER_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ci-images/x86_64-linux-deb10-ghc9_6:$DOCKER_REV"
     - GHC_VERSION: 9.8.1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b71c0c37de243e4a4fafdef768dc1cbd81f4861..1604a6385a18ee9600e3ca543d00d911354ac35f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ if test "$WithGhc" = ""
 then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([GHC is required.])
 fi
-MinBootGhcVersion="9.4"
+MinBootGhcVersion="9.6"
 FP_COMPARE_VERSIONS([$GhcVersion],[-lt],[$MinBootGhcVersion],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([GHC version $MinBootGhcVersion or later is required to compile GHC.])])