diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index e6e3160f79c..f716e7ca5fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -16633,13 +16633,13 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   XMLXPath = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "XML-XPath-1.37";
+    name = "XML-XPath-1.42";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MA/MANWAR/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "b8ae1196184f794528a9727988dce944ecec7155e6ee1c433b17e12737a22725";
+      sha256 = "9e6ac67c2cead5f918a060b8b9ccdbdcaa6d610be8517bba42a96cd56748b512";
     };
     buildInputs = [ PathTiny ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ XMLParser ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ ScalarListUtils XMLParser ];
     meta = {
       description = "Modules for parsing and evaluating XPath statements";
       license = stdenv.lib.licenses.artistic2;