diff --git a/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt b/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt
index 017745e..ea27fdb 100644
--- a/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt
+++ b/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ data:
     dependencies:
         - buildrequires:
               platform: [el8]
-              perl: []
+              perl: [5.26]
           requires:
               platform: [el8]
-              perl: []
+              perl: [5.26]
     references:
         community: https://metacpan.org/release/IO-Socket-SSL
     profiles: