diff --git a/.azure/linux-stack.yml b/.azure/linux-stack.yml
index e8b3e236..d437dfe8 100644
--- a/.azure/linux-stack.yml
+++ b/.azure/linux-stack.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     matrix:
       stack-def:
         YAML_FILE: stack.yaml
+      stack-8.8.2:
+        YAML_FILE: stack-8.8.2.yaml
       stack-8.8.1:
         YAML_FILE: stack-8.8.1.yaml
       stack-8.6.5:
diff --git a/.azure/macos-stack.yml b/.azure/macos-stack.yml
index 0f88e67c..8fe91eb9 100644
--- a/.azure/macos-stack.yml
+++ b/.azure/macos-stack.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     matrix:
       stack-def:
         YAML_FILE: stack.yaml
+      stack-8.8.2:
+        YAML_FILE: stack-8.8.2.yaml
       stack-8.8.1:
         YAML_FILE: stack-8.8.1.yaml
       stack-8.6.5:
diff --git a/.azure/windows-stack.yml b/.azure/windows-stack.yml
index b54adb52..72e38efe 100644
--- a/.azure/windows-stack.yml
+++ b/.azure/windows-stack.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     matrix:
       stack-def:
         YAML_FILE: stack.yaml
+      # ghc versions 8.8.1 and 8.8.2 are not usable in windows 
+      # due to https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/17575
       stack-8.6.5:
         YAML_FILE: stack-8.6.5.yaml
       stack-8.6.4:
diff --git a/install/src/Env.hs b/install/src/Env.hs
index b9b75d1c..037e51bc 100644
--- a/install/src/Env.hs
+++ b/install/src/Env.hs
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ getHieVersions = do
           & mapMaybe
               (T.stripPrefix stackYamlPrefix >=> T.stripSuffix stackYamlSuffix)
           & map T.unpack
-        -- the following line excludes `8.6.3` and `8.8.1` on windows systems
-          & filter (\p -> not (isWindowsSystem && p `elem` ["8.6.3","8.8.1"]))
+        -- the following line excludes `8.6.3`, `8.8.1` and `8.8.2` on windows systems
+          & filter (\p -> not (isWindowsSystem && p `elem` ["8.6.3", "8.8.1", "8.8.2"]))
           & sort
   return hieVersions