diff --git a/package/perl-io-socket-ssl/perl-io-socket-ssl.mk b/package/perl-io-socket-ssl/perl-io-socket-ssl.mk
index 53bcfa129..ad18c80c9 100644
--- a/package/perl-io-socket-ssl/perl-io-socket-ssl.mk
+++ b/package/perl-io-socket-ssl/perl-io-socket-ssl.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PERL_IO_SOCKET_SSL_VERSION = 1.997
+PERL_IO_SOCKET_SSL_VERSION = 2.002
 PERL_IO_SOCKET_SSL_SOURCE = IO-Socket-SSL-$(PERL_IO_SOCKET_SSL_VERSION).tar.gz
 PERL_IO_SOCKET_SSL_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/S/SU/SULLR
 PERL_IO_SOCKET_SSL_DEPENDENCIES = perl perl-net-ssleay