diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 55f543e68baf..6c6012a529f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -2945,11 +2945,15 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  DataDumper = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "Data-Dumper-2.154";
+  DataDumper = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Data-Dumper-2.161";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/Data-Dumper-2.154.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "e30fcb6dea290cda85b67fc46d227a2ea890a8bd36c213557adec9c99ebd212f";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "3aa4ac1b042b3880438165fb2b2139d377564a8e9928ffe689ede5304ee90558";
+    };
+    outputs = [ "out" ];
+    meta = {
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
   };