diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index d49ca005ba..2c37889fd4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -11000,7 +11000,7 @@ (define-public perl-cpan-meta-yaml
 (define-public perl-module-build
   (package
     (name "perl-module-build")
-    (version "0.4229")
+    (version "0.4231")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -11008,7 +11008,7 @@ (define-public perl-module-build
                            "Module-Build-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "064c03wxia7jz0i578awj4srykj0nnigm4p5r0dv0559rnk93r0z"))))
+         "05xpn8qg814y49vrih16zfr9iiwb7pmdf57ahjnc2h0p5illq3vy"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("perl-cpan-meta" ,perl-cpan-meta)))