diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template
index ed7f0303da3..1b174117871 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-XML-Parser'.
 pkgname=perl-XML-Parser
-version=2.36
-revision=2
+version=2.40
 wrksrc="XML-Parser-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-Parser-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
 short_desc="Perl extension interface to James Clark's XML parser, expat"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=9fd529867402456bd826fe0e5588d35b3a2e27e586a2fd838d1352b71c2ed73f
+checksum=e5e433684e799ef7b6b852c0ca31b71054717628555444d3dc9fceac0df71512
 long_desc="
  This module provides ways to parse XML documents. It is built on top of
  XML::Parser::Expat, which is a lower level interface to James Clark's
@@ -15,5 +14,5 @@ long_desc="
 
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run expat
-Add_dependency full perl
+Add_dependency full perl	">=5.14.0"
 Add_dependency build expat-devel