diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab31eccff..a5f050623 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     "language-less": "0.5.0",
     "language-make": "0.7.0",
     "language-objective-c": "0.9.0",
-    "language-perl": "0.7.0",
+    "language-perl": "0.8.0",
     "language-php": "0.7.0",
     "language-property-list": "0.6.0",
     "language-python": "0.6.0",