diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index 52975c35f91..8dd429a5762 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl'.
 pkgname=perl
-version=5.16.0
-distfiles="http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=5.16.1
+revision=1
 makedepends="gdbm-devel db-devel less groff"
-revision=2
 short_desc="Practical Extraction and Report Language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.perl.org"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=8c1d25e92a5760e84f77baa57fde5606fd6e95ec992408d36fa53c47162721d1
+distfiles="http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum=0704b1421fe50015becd32c8b7ed05843e8b6c188a8c16cb0c11d76986375fd0
 long_desc="
  Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed
  for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including