diff --git a/lib/OOCEapps/PkgUpd/Perl.pm b/lib/OOCEapps/PkgUpd/Perl.pm
index ef91c28..d28a936 100644
--- a/lib/OOCEapps/PkgUpd/Perl.pm
+++ b/lib/OOCEapps/PkgUpd/Perl.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package OOCEapps::PkgUpd::Perl;
 use Mojo::Base 'OOCEapps::PkgUpd::base';
 
-my $PERLVER = '5.38';
+my $PERLVER = '5.40';
 
 # public methods
 sub canParse {