diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 70dbec44429..708935b3129 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -1415,17 +1415,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  CGI = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "CGI-4.21";
+  "CGI" = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "CGI-4.25";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/L/LE/LEEJO/CGI-4.21.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "340d20a2b67211752d7c270c589e463d71aea8b8d75d9417250618219d3cf884";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/L/LE/LEEJO/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "efb3e5235ada6a91f97ca2905399a686bedea60f6b525e52f4a147baff4f131a";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLParser if_ ];
-    doCheck = false;
+    buildInputs = [ TestDeep TestWarn ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLParser self."if" ];
     meta = {
       homepage = https://metacpan.org/module/CGI;
       description = "Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
     };
   };