diff --git a/perl.yaml b/perl.yaml
index 2c259ae63e8..1816ebb8c3a 100644
--- a/perl.yaml
+++ b/perl.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: perl
   version: 5.38.0
-  epoch: 0
+  epoch: 1
   description: "Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language"
   copyright:
     - license: Artistic-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later