diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index f5b4c1db6126..fa4f0cd20287 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -2628,12 +2628,11 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   CPANMetaYAML = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.016";
+    name = "CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DA/DAGOLDEN/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "195v3lrfjzqxfiqi1zp02xmhp6mg9y3p7abmlfk2nj1rb28p0yrl";
+      sha256 = "150jh9l7baddl2587m23qs2l0pb395qsx9bhsgdsnn6y9k4zgjik";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ JSONPP ];
     doCheck = true;
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/dagolden/CPAN-Meta-YAML;