diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index b2e8a8ab82..bf558043c6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -3722,7 +3722,7 @@ single-letter approach, is provided but not enabled by default.")
 (define-public perl-getopt-long-descriptive
   (package
     (name "perl-getopt-long-descriptive")
-    (version "0.100")
+    (version "0.102")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -3730,7 +3730,7 @@ single-letter approach, is provided but not enabled by default.")
                            "Getopt-Long-Descriptive-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1dpz5nhg5glmrpq46nkc90dg19cfqfjspqwhfvihsqyi229yfl8l"))))
+         "0ii8xafvlph5vzcqp3dpc83lg7nkg3l1l2hmqdf5382a567vkm4s"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("perl-cpan-meta-check" ,perl-cpan-meta-check)