diff --git a/lang/perl/Makefile b/lang/perl/Makefile
index 32053a3aa..3259861b4 100644
--- a/lang/perl/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=perl
-PKG_VERSION:=5.20.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=5.22.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=0
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0 \
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/5.0 \
 		http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/5.0
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_MD5SUM:=81b17b9a4e5ee18e54efe906c9bf544d
+PKG_MD5SUM:=e32cb6a8dda0084f2a43dac76318d68d
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-1.0+ Artistic-1.0-Perl
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=Copying Artistic README
diff --git a/lang/perl/perlmod.mk b/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
index 16fc4798d..df5de2a72 100644
--- a/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
+++ b/lang/perl/perlmod.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This makefile simplifies perl module builds.
 #
 
-PERL_VERSION:=5.20
+PERL_VERSION:=5.22
 
 # Build environment
 HOST_PERL_PREFIX:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/usr