diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
index eefb098d46b..288de63b4ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "perl-5.16.1";
+  name = "perl-5.16.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://cpan/src/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "15qxzba3a50c9nik5ydgyfp62x7h9vxxn12yd1jgl93hb1wj96km";
+    sha256 = "03nh8bqnjsdd5izjv3n2yfcxw4ck0llwww36jpbjbjgixwpqpy4f";
   };
 
   patches =