diff --git a/perl/cpanfile b/perl/cpanfile
index b559461d..7993cdb9 100644
--- a/perl/cpanfile
+++ b/perl/cpanfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!perl
 
-requires 'perl' => '5.14.4';
+requires 'perl' => '5.39.1';
 requires 'Moo';
 requires 'List::Util' => '1.63'; # for 'any' and 'all' functions.