diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index f3663083384..43d81b6da86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -4373,10 +4373,10 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   IOSocketInet6 = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "IO-Socket-INET6-2.71";
+    name = "IO-Socket-INET6-2.72";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SH/SHLOMIF/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "041iv3fdskvk7in73bf7253ah9aiqwxzi4zxfiwkn0jlb7mnqjrl";
+      sha256 = "1fqypz6qa5rw2d5y2zq7f49frwra0aln13nhq5gi514j2zx21q45";
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [Socket6];
     doCheck = false;