diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 44e29eb8697b..4febd41074d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -9076,10 +9076,10 @@ rec {
   };
 
   VariableMagic = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Variable-Magic-0.48";
+    name = "Variable-Magic-0.53";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/modules/by-module/Variable/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "124isksyw52br0y304dq4fcm26jk1v44s6ni1xd10nnl26fwmzbw";
+      sha256 = "1mxygb7q8n01klpzdmf8mvbm1i5zhazcm48yiw6dz0xk2fwrgz8q";
     };
   };