diff --git a/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt b/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt
index d11cd82..41d0880 100644
--- a/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt
+++ b/SOURCES/modulemd.src.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ data:
     dependencies:
         - buildrequires:
               platform: [el8]
-              perl: []
+              perl: [5.24]
           requires:
               platform: [el8]
-              perl: []
+              perl: [5.24]
     references:
         community: https://metacpan.org/release/YAML
     buildopts: