diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 7b2cfb476228..fbbf5511459b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -22610,12 +22610,12 @@ let
 
   SysVirt = buildPerlModule rec {
     pname = "Sys-Virt";
-    version = "8.5.0";
+    version = "8.8.0";
     src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "libvirt";
       repo = "libvirt-perl";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      hash = "sha256-VuM4rPrG15vXnF5e1MBSGB76zLI+8nkSiJmwWg8aJgE=";
+      hash = "sha256-8maLIW4hBbMbq+rnwEfaHsUgpppaU5K4aQTwTgUjdcI=";
     };
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.libvirt CPANChanges TestPod TestPodCoverage XMLXPath ];