diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template b/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template
index cbb5f0a3e8..26f9142e0a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-WWW-Mechanize'.
 pkgname=perl-WWW-Mechanize
-version=1.78
+version=1.79
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Mechanize"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/WWW/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=714841ba62c26c307be5cc49ae8a55d4a64d4c56faa51be5477f60b0b128009c
+checksum=196c29aeb74ada424d79781770e3e4ff7e293cee0c210b8f50e0e34d3c124708
 
 pre_configure() {
 	unset configure_args