diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix
index b3ca12421e41..d37fb1f12daf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {fetchurl, buildPerlPackage, db}:
 
 buildPerlPackage rec {
-  name = "DB_File-1.842";
+  name = "DB_File-1.851";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0w2d99vs9qarng2f9fpg3gchfdzy6an13507jhclcl8wv183h5hg";
+    sha256 = "1j276mng1nwxxdxnb3my427s5lb6zlnssizcnxricnvaa170kdv8";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''