diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 4bc6786156c..78b4577526c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -1741,10 +1741,10 @@ let
   };
 
   CGI = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "CGI-4.38";
+    name = "CGI-4.40";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/L/LE/LEEJO/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8c58f4a529bb92a914b22b7e64c5e31185c9854a4070a6dfad44fe5cc248e7d4";
+      sha256 = "10efff3061b3c31a33b3cc59f955aef9c88d57d12dbac46389758cef92f24f56";
     };
     buildInputs = [ TestDeep TestNoWarnings TestWarn ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLParser ];