diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index cf9f21dbc9..e6a656c7b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ (define-public perl-date-calc-xs
 (define-public perl-date-manip
   (package
     (name "perl-date-manip")
-    (version "6.50")
+    (version "6.70")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ (define-public perl-date-manip
                            "Date-Manip-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0zd0wbf91i49753rnf7m1lw197hdl5r97mxy0n43zdmcmhvkb3qq"))))
+         "0r4k4ypb09xwhvq6das0vpx2c0xbhhhx83knq6jfpf8m55h8qi9r"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("perl-module-build" ,perl-module-build)))
     (arguments