diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index f2d1f316d4..ba2a9096e5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ used by the HTTP protocol (and then some more).")
 (define-public perl-http-message
   (package
     (name "perl-http-message")
-    (version "6.15")
+    (version "6.18")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ used by the HTTP protocol (and then some more).")
                    version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "11fbvisyvi6bw8z9iq9fm9mraf69qyds09fblhl9gyvg7ccll93v"))))
+               "04lih0fn89jpyk74c4aq1rzq18h8v4zd3x0lik2r9dl8sdqd2q6h"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("perl-try-tiny" ,perl-try-tiny)))