diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index baa3552948e..b17123d2b34 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -9941,13 +9941,14 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  StringUtil = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "String-Util-1.21";
+  StringUtil = let version = "1.24"; in buildPerlPackage {
+    name = "String-Util-${version}";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MI/MIKO/String-Util-1.21.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1ndvm9pbngf1j0fm02ghl4nfcqi5404sxdlm42g3ismf1ms1fnxa";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MI/MIKO/String-Util-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "16c7dbpz87ywq49lnsaml0k28jbkraf1p2njh72jc5xcxys7vykv";
     };
     meta = {
+      inherit version;
       description = "String::Util -- String processing utilities";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };