diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 915e08df41..f7fd77a9d1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Alexandru-Sergiu Marton <brown121407@posteo.ro>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Stefan Reichör <stefan@xsteve.at>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 la snesne <lasnesne@lagunposprasihopre.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Matthew James Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -3879,7 +3880,7 @@ select or poll.")
 (define-public perl-libwww
   (package
     (name "perl-libwww")
-    (version "6.49")
+    (version "6.55")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
@@ -3887,7 +3888,7 @@ select or poll.")
                    version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "19k0cg4j4qz005a4ngy48z4r8dc99dxlpq8kvj7qnk15mvgd1r63"))))
+               "0869hn711d6fd6yil8p88wij6p1zdrbnycy7p9p176q39ajd7l61"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("perl-test-fatal" ,perl-test-fatal)