diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template b/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template
index 1d2783a716..2d3962b383 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-JSON'
 pkgname=perl-JSON
-version=2.97001
+version=4.02
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="JSON-${version}"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/JSON"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/JSON/JSON-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e277d9385633574923f48c297e1b8acad3170c69fa590e31fa466040fc6f8f5a
+checksum=444a88755a89ffa2a5424ab4ed1d11dca61808ebef57e81243424619a9e8627c