diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.SlackBuild
index dc62a0a7c5..8a0bd84929 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=perl-JSON
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.94}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.02}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.info b/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.info
index 1436f69a9e..d41c687fd5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.info
+++ b/perl/perl-JSON/perl-JSON.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-JSON"
-VERSION="2.94"
+VERSION="4.02"
 HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/JSON"
-DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/I/IS/ISHIGAKI/JSON-2.94.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b1ccf48f5cee67efe734d4c59f4ab0c0"
+DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/I/IS/ISHIGAKI/JSON-4.02.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="63a331b4630d48f8dbbe3758cc03bd21"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""