diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index aaef52ab3c6..3b6207738bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -15282,10 +15282,10 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   threads = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "threads-2.07";
+    name = "threads-2.21";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JD/JDHEDDEN/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0fgprp2ghrh1ryxmr0y9bpsjl1ifbf4lqml8k017cbl4zbn21lim";
+      sha256 = "047i22mdnf7fa0h9w5jhqrjbg561l5jxk8xqzwh6zbmwlac4qf98";
     };
     meta = {
       description = "Perl interpreter-based threads";