diff --git a/internal/rosa/perl.go b/internal/rosa/perl.go
index 07c1198..f5aaceb 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/perl.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/perl.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 func (t Toolchain) newPerl() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 	const (
-		version  = "5.42.0"
-		checksum = "2KR7Jbpk-ZVn1a30LQRwbgUvg2AXlPQZfzrqCr31qD5-yEsTwVQ_W76eZH-EdxM9"
+		version  = "5.42.1"
+		checksum = "FsJVq5CZFA7nZklfUl1eC6z2ECEu02XaB1pqfHSKtRLZWpnaBjlB55QOhjKpjkQ2"
 	)
 	return t.NewPackage("perl", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil, "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-"+version+".tar.gz",