diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index c9b3b044cb..5a94fbe967 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -9090,7 +9090,7 @@ (define-public perl-time-hires
 (define-public perl-time-local
   (package
     (name "perl-time-local")
-    (version "1.2300")
+    (version "1.28")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -9098,7 +9098,7 @@ (define-public perl-time-local
                            "Time-Local-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0jgvd6v93hlrcmy56yxbm4yrhzi8yvrq8c3xffpgh28af01wmb5j"))))
+         "03p1mxk75vmmi4l0ibpd05b6hncbh8afjhvss87vpp4rrkjvjy4j"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/Time-Local")
     (synopsis "Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time")