diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
index 22ed4ce020..460021aad0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-YAML'
 pkgname=perl-YAML
-version=1.27
+version=1.2
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/YAML"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/YAML/YAML-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c992a1e820de0721b62b22521de92cdbf49edc306ab804c485b4b1ec25f682f9
+checksum=d85de81c6c90b0625fa6c5db0a5aa142648aa61fc33026f098b2a597812008c5