diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index edf3e4534..bef6c211d 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=perl
 PKG_VERSION:=5.20.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.20.0.tar.gz \