diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 807c0eb15120..59b2641fb07f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -20399,10 +20399,10 @@ let
 
   XMLParser = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "XML-Parser";
-    version = "2.46";
+    version = "2.44";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR/XML-Parser-2.46.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "0pai3ik47q7rgnix9644c673fwydz52gqkxr9kxwq765j4j36cfk";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR/XML-Parser-2.44.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "05ij0g6bfn27iaggxf8nl5rhlwx6f6p6xmdav6rjcly3x5zd1s8s";
     };
     patchPhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
       substituteInPlace Expat/Makefile.PL --replace 'use English;' '#'