diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 4c87beab642..4b1669bc6de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -446,10 +446,10 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   ArchiveTar = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Archive-Tar-2.08";
+    name = "Archive-Tar-2.26";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/B/BI/BINGOS/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "62e34feffd51e21b24f2ba5b15adf3ca3bd084163bfec40fe30f8f8e8963066b";
+      sha256 = "01246ffbadb6e76a04a32bf689894cf56ef9d34d58101ff1c51af8f6f1ef5843";
     };
     meta = {
       description = "Manipulates TAR archives";