diff --git a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc
index a1cf75e..c6451d5 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_openssl = "1.0.0c"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_openssl-native = "1.0.0c"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pango 	= "1.28.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pango-native     = "1.28.3"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_perl = "5.10.1"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_perl-native = "5.10.1"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_perl = "5.12.2"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_perl-native = "5.12.2"
 #PREFERRED_VERSION_pixman	= "0.13.2"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pkgconfig	= "0.23"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pkgconfig-native = "0.23"