diff --git a/devel/p5-MCE/Makefile b/devel/p5-MCE/Makefile
index 62d075d48ee..5cf41259617 100644
--- a/devel/p5-MCE/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-MCE/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT =	engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
 
-DISTNAME =	MCE-1.877
+DISTNAME =	MCE-1.879
 CPAN_AUTHOR =	MARIOROY
 
 CATEGORIES =	devel
diff --git a/devel/p5-MCE/distinfo b/devel/p5-MCE/distinfo
index 0f7eab5c226..a19e99ff385 100644
--- a/devel/p5-MCE/distinfo
+++ b/devel/p5-MCE/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (MCE-1.877.tar.gz) = 4qBQYbiOkJ6QsBMguDgdfi+POEDQ8LNcL4Ftr37c8uo=
-SIZE (MCE-1.877.tar.gz) = 224437
+SHA256 (MCE-1.879.tar.gz) = nEzzmDi1wRNEh5mvRRs9ZLVODeOdY1U21+hei9xYiNw=
+SIZE (MCE-1.879.tar.gz) = 224587