diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index ab8729bde0..58da1f7a90 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ module, and nothing else.")
 (define-public perl-sql-abstract
   (package
     (name "perl-sql-abstract")
-    (version "1.84")
+    (version "1.85")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ module, and nothing else.")
                            "SQL-Abstract-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0xayvgv6nic61jm3nhg41rzwgm8h83wfyazvpaks0z7asjillpv5"))))
+         "1aycggrvppy2zgkwwn85jkdz93n5gsx4dambrjk67k5067hayi4z"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("perl-module-install" ,perl-module-install)