diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index f125c9715a57..8a5de3382289 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -17031,10 +17031,10 @@ let
 
   PDFAPI2 = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "PDF-API2";
-    version = "2.038";
+    version = "2.042";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SS/SSIMMS/PDF-API2-2.038.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "7447c4749b02a784f525d3c7ece99d34b0a10475db65096f6316748dd2f9bd09";
+      sha256 = "dEfEdJsCp4T1JdPH7OmdNLChBHXbZQlvYxZ0jdL5vQk=";
     };
     buildInputs = [ TestException TestMemoryCycle ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ FontTTF ];