diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Changes in 0.8.8.1 [2023.03.05]
+ - Fix GHC 9.4 build error that was accidentally introduced in
+   `base-orphans-0.8.8`.
+
 ## Changes in 0.8.8 [2023.03.05]
  - Backport new instances from GHC 9.6.1/`base-4.18.0.0`:
    * `Functor` instances for the `(,,,,) a b c d`, `(,,,,,) a b c d e`, and
diff --git a/base-orphans.cabal b/base-orphans.cabal
--- a/base-orphans.cabal
+++ b/base-orphans.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: f82e70fedaf9e2f5197e1d47974f547ff62f81c96cce4ffb8af90121a7825a0f
+-- hash: 6caacb4758a8e41ba4536518fbcfde408a7db0311a922f877847e0b3b60a60da
 
 name:                base-orphans
-version:             0.8.8
+version:             0.8.8.1
 synopsis:            Backwards-compatible orphan instances for base
 description:         @base-orphans@ defines orphan instances that mimic instances available in
                      later versions of @base@ to a wider (older) range of compilers.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 license-file:        LICENSE
 build-type:          Simple
 tested-with:
-    GHC == 7.0.4 , GHC == 7.2.2 , GHC == 7.4.2 , GHC == 7.6.3 , GHC == 7.8.4 , GHC == 7.10.3 , GHC == 8.0.2 , GHC == 8.2.2 , GHC == 8.4.4 , GHC == 8.6.5 , GHC == 8.8.4 , GHC == 8.10.7 , GHC == 9.0.2 , GHC == 9.2.2
+    GHC == 7.0.4 , GHC == 7.2.2 , GHC == 7.4.2 , GHC == 7.6.3 , GHC == 7.8.4 , GHC == 7.10.3 , GHC == 8.0.2 , GHC == 8.2.2 , GHC == 8.4.4 , GHC == 8.6.5 , GHC == 8.8.4 , GHC == 8.10.7 , GHC == 9.0.2 , GHC == 9.2.7 , GHC == 9.4.4 , GHC == 9.6.1
 extra-source-files:
     CHANGES.markdown
     README.markdown
diff --git a/src/Data/Orphans.hs b/src/Data/Orphans.hs
--- a/src/Data/Orphans.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Orphans.hs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,16,1))
+#if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,16,0)) || (MIN_VERSION_base(4,17,0) && !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,18,0)))
 import           Data.Orphans.Prelude
 #endif