diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 23a714597eec..fa713e8eaf0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -16715,12 +16715,12 @@ let
 
   NetSSLeay = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "Net-SSLeay";
-    version = "1.88";
+    version = "1.92";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CH/CHRISN/Net-SSLeay-1.88.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1pfgh4h3szcpvqlcimc60pjbk9zwls99x5863sva0wc47i4dl010";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CH/CHRISN/Net-SSLeay-1.92.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "sha256-R8LyswDy5xYtcdaZ9jPdajWwYloAy9qMUKwBFEqTlqk=";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl pkgs.zlib ];
     doCheck = false; # Test performs network access.
     preConfigure = ''
       mkdir openssl