diff --git a/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template b/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template
index 3ab9195599..d49211040f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'html-xml-utils'
 pkgname=html-xml-utils
 version=6.9
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="A number of simple utilities for manipulating HTML and XML files"
 maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
 license="custom"
+depends="perl"
 homepage="https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/README"
 distfiles="https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9cf401dc84ca01752adf1f2d9862c4f227bb089504ed9d03d7fd40603e87fab2