diff --git a/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/Makefile b/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/Makefile
index f32127431a0..6e238d9bf75 100644
--- a/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT =	fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
 
-DISTNAME =	Sereal-Encoder-4.025
+DISTNAME =	Sereal-Encoder-5.001
 
 CATEGORIES =	converters
 
diff --git a/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/distinfo b/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/distinfo
index f91528643cd..d2164b41010 100644
--- a/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/distinfo
+++ b/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (Sereal-Encoder-4.025.tar.gz) = D9UbpggwJmUNCFJnWCYRc8GKuCNMVSb6x+25GtnGAm4=
-SIZE (Sereal-Encoder-4.025.tar.gz) = 726449
+SHA256 (Sereal-Encoder-5.001.tar.gz) = I2fy9fFIbzL2XDkFBIkY3lVjnHnRg1q1Z4n3DO37usM=
+SIZE (Sereal-Encoder-5.001.tar.gz) = 729267
diff --git a/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/patches/patch-Makefile_PL b/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/patches/patch-Makefile_PL
index 563e275e2d3..eaed164bb73 100644
--- a/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/patches/patch-Makefile_PL
+++ b/converters/p5-Sereal-Encoder/patches/patch-Makefile_PL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Index: Makefile.PL
 --- Makefile.PL.orig
 +++ Makefile.PL
-@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ inc::Sereal::BuildTools::WriteMakefile(
+@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ inc::Sereal::BuildTools::WriteMakefile(
      ABSTRACT_FROM => 'lib/Sereal/Encoder.pm',
      AUTHOR        => 'Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>, Yves Orton <yves@cpan.org>',
      LIBS          => [$libs],                                                          # e.g., '-lm'