diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 2d5ec1e59d17..bc40c6de23ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -8270,10 +8270,10 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   NetSSLeay = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Net-SSLeay-1.58";
+    name = "Net-SSLeay-1.72";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MI/MIKEM/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0mizg2g07fa4c13zpnhmjc87psal5gp5hi23kqpynigmkp0m1p0b";
+      sha256 = "1x6jjmhvsdq488k6wdg58ajnr4dmbcbk7imyv0aybkhj1ygw7ahv";
     };
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ];
     OPENSSL_PREFIX = pkgs.openssl;