diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index f8407a0322e..f5700623a66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -4812,14 +4812,14 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  Encode = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "Encode-2.78";
+  Encode = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Encode-2.93";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DA/DANKOGAI/Encode-2.78.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1fc8d5c0e75ef85beeac71d1fe4a3bfcb8207755a46b32f783a3a6682672762a";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DA/DANKOGAI/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "2d06b0375c84a75cf3762685e6d94c3aef25833fd0427daa0ae87b04ae6f739c";
     };
     meta = {
-      description = "Unknown";
+      description = "Character encodings in Perl";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
   };