diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index d31a572eea1c..7855a1a1eb3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -2057,10 +2057,10 @@ rec {
   };
 
   GD = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "GD-2.45";
+    name = "GD-2.49";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/L/LD/LDS/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1p84585b4iyqa21hbqni0blj8fzd917ynd3y1hwh3mrmyfqj178x";
+      sha256 = "03wwvhvni22cs7arai7d3wkb2qfa9p20grrb32hdxv41nqxqpihh";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.gd pkgs.libjpeg pkgs.zlib pkgs.freetype