diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 14c0ed6861c..2782b0edfe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -16328,18 +16328,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   WWWMechanize = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "WWW-Mechanize-1.73";
+    name = "WWW-Mechanize-1.88";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/WWW-Mechanize-1.73.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1zrw8aadhwy48q51x2z2rqlkwf17bya4j4h3hy89mw783j96rmg9";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/O/OA/OALDERS/WWW-Mechanize-1.88.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "0yd8a1zsfpbv5wr79x3iqmik9gvcd10iam9dfrdan4dri9vpxn9n";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLForm HTMLParser HTMLTree HTTPDaemon HTTPMessage HTTPServerSimple LWP LWPUserAgent TestWarn URI ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLForm HTMLTree LWP ];
     doCheck = false;
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/bestpractical/www-mechanize;
       description = "Handy web browsing in a Perl object";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
+    buildInputs = [ CGI HTTPServerSimple TestDeep TestFatal TestOutput TestWarnings ];
   };
 
   WWWMechanizeCGI = buildPerlPackage {