diff --git a/main/perl/APKBUILD b/main/perl/APKBUILD
index f67d3f80278..1eb8c727081 100644
--- a/main/perl/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Contributor: Celeste <cielesti@protonmail.com>
 # Maintainer:
 pkgname=perl
-pkgver=5.42.1
+pkgver=5.42.2
 pkgrel=0
 _cross=1.6.3
 _pkgver=${pkgver/_rc/-RC}
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends_dev="perl-utils=$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
 makedepends_host="bzip2-dev zlib-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-dev $pkgname-utils::noarch"
 [ "$CBUILD" = "$CHOST" ] && subpackages="$subpackages miniperl"
-source="https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-$_pkgver.tar.xz
+source="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHAY/perl-$_pkgver.tar.xz
 	perl-cross-$_cross.tar.gz.noauto::https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/releases/download/$_cross/perl-cross-$_cross.tar.gz
 	digest-sha-cflags.patch
 	dont-write-packlist.patch
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ provides="
 	"
 
 # secfixes:
+#   5.42.2-r0:
+#     - CVE-2026-4176
 #   5.40.1-r1:
 #     - CVE-2024-56406
 #   5.38.1-r0:
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ utils() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
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+3c77dbede22df1a7ab3714c7dc6d675f14cb99b084fcc4e4d9b65aed1a080ac4d5ecf2cbf4759b2565f6452e52b337633f870dbcbf152dc66833cfe71f04fffc  perl-5.42.2.tar.xz
 eb8aa2d57121ef288e253f9443bd4f53ad8b23152096265a0f8211ca4f2a61fdf3fdd03ca1e7d1e1c4a8a408421c7254cfaf12d1f81333aa4a0bf53d74cfa223  perl-cross-1.6.3.tar.gz.noauto
 59afa4c166e4808d355e19cd70748540ffce9da5c6919c71648be7678de328409f9121ddea33415add73fc01a22e95ed9d9629f31b8ba20b3bbfc04dab926c63  digest-sha-cflags.patch
 abae709290306a8fbc96b604b9b38fc09a46ae178f3e77944813f1b46c78e2e3654e5c3b3a6aca96684a2d1061e2871376d508fbe82604864055309156b4d0d8  dont-write-packlist.patch