diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
index f2b900412081..b46bd20697eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ let
       platforms = platforms.all;
     };
   } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) rec {
-    crossVersion = "1.2";
+    crossVersion = "ab8d05c9e695d3db4f7dc15c70f23623349c2f49"; # Oct 03, 2018
 
     perl-cross-src = fetchurlBoot {
-      url = "https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/releases/download/${crossVersion}/perl-cross-${crossVersion}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "02cic7lk91hgmsg8klkm2kv88m2a8y22m4m8gl4ydxbap2z7g42r";
+      url = "https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/archive/${crossVersion}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1g7p7mqmx8x3diqvbh881gr72d106cn6yvm4gx7f0ars3n3b3wj0";
     };
 
     depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc makeWrapper ];