diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index 7dfdf8c0a1..3ad68ad070 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ (define-public perl-data-validate-ip
 (define-public perl-net-dns
  (package
   (name "perl-net-dns")
-  (version "1.21")
+  (version "1.24")
   (source
     (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ (define-public perl-net-dns
         (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/N/NL/NLNETLABS/Net-DNS-"
                        version ".tar.gz")))
       (sha256
-       (base32 "0yknrsh0wqr9s43c0wf3dyzrsi2r7k0v75hay74gqkq850xy3vyx"))))
+       (base32 "0qyy5k4k0llqjjmkkfg96919gqybdc1z5fy9047n9imidjxc59hi"))))
   (build-system perl-build-system)
   (inputs
     `(("perl-digest-hmac" ,perl-digest-hmac)))