diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 3634d7889415..d816ef146d3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 , perl, overrides, buildPerl, shortenPerlShebang
 }:
 
-# cpan2nix assumes that perl-packages.nix will be used only with perl 5.28.2 or above
-assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast perl.version "5.28.2";
+# cpan2nix assumes that perl-packages.nix will be used only with perl 5.28.3 or above
+assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast perl.version "5.28.3";
 let
   inherit (stdenv.lib) maintainers;
   self = _self // (overrides pkgs);