diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 8223fa698f18..de079483ecf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -4848,10 +4848,10 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   Encode = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Encode-2.96";
+    name = "Encode-2.97";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DA/DANKOGAI/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "5dcb19fa5e62c6ca9294f28e9f4676f36477b1025f7e0dca92479633334b3cb1";
+      sha256 = "044d2fc743bdf5ce4509a0e717a7adb31d488dafae63fde794f57a9f47b2ecb7";
     };
     meta = {
       description = "Character encodings in Perl";