diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 26365833fa..64f6f31dac 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -469,15 +469,14 @@ (define-public perl-b-hooks-op-check
 (define-public perl-b-keywords
   (package
     (name "perl-b-keywords")
-    (version "1.15")
+    (version "1.20")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RU/RURBAN/B-Keywords-"
                            version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32
-         "1nhdplmd0y69lnwyajg3anhk6pm13nm6qzm05nzpz8zl7j7fzlk5"))))
+        (base32 "12jvx5gnypqxal4valkf9lidba9nz7kjk2wvm07q3hkmdqxw1zk0"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/B-Keywords")
     (synopsis "Lists of reserved barewords and symbol names")