diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 718be0f6405d..44ceb14c7199 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -1278,10 +1278,10 @@ let
 
   CarpAssertMore = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "Carp-Assert-More";
-    version = "1.16";
+    version = "1.18";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Carp-Assert-More-1.16.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1x9jd6s3lq97na6gz7g0zaq62l8z297xsfpdj2v42p3ijpfirl4f";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Carp-Assert-More-1.18.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "0k7lpyb7mwck9w7vlqd4w3vw5r0qxlhzw8x6himy6p9aijwrdh4g";
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ CarpAssert ];
     meta = {