diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 8ad347ef0952..c70e8729fc18 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ let
 
   AnyEvent = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "AnyEvent";
-    version = "7.15";
+    version = "7.16";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/AnyEvent-7.15.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "111db2335c71f789edaec271126b3810356691eb1214dd3f67b527a88ec9e354";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/ML/MLEHMANN/AnyEvent-7.16.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "149fe8c3082dfb015fd15ad2b8fea5fb75e012238c790aa0398dcfaabfa0546c";
     };
     buildInputs = [ CanaryStability ];
     meta = {