diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 71d1ec5904..63b8e387b8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -1605,14 +1605,14 @@ CPAN::Meta object are present.")
 (define-public perl-cpanel-json-xs
   (package
     (name "perl-cpanel-json-xs")
-    (version "4.10")
+    (version "4.12")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RU/RURBAN/"
                            "Cpanel-JSON-XS-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1r92b03hkmqr0brp00cj67b1iklfd4yas481d6a5nx2941c03h3p"))))
+        (base32 "0n66da8s88srr591i7gm1d611z9jbcz488fhqxy604diiw8pnha9"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("perl-common-sense" ,perl-common-sense)))