diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 44d50aefefcb..b77a46513a57 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -12064,10 +12064,13 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   PathTools = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "PathTools-3.47";
+    name = "PathTools-3.74";
+    preConfigure = ''
+      substituteInPlace Cwd.pm --replace '/usr/bin/pwd' '${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/pwd'
+    '';
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/PathTools-3.47.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "caa8d4b45372b8cb0ef0f6f696efa3a60b0fd394b115cad39a7fbb8f6bd38026";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/X/XS/XSAWYERX/PathTools-3.74.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "25724cc54c59a3bfabadec95e72db292c98676bf3632497384e8dc6277936e11";
     };
   };