diff --git a/lang/perl-ack/Makefile b/lang/perl-ack/Makefile
index 6fee0c87e6..fc8202109f 100644
--- a/lang/perl-ack/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl-ack/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=perl-ack
-PKG_VERSION:=3.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
+PKG_VERSION:=3.7.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/
 PKG_SOURCE:=ack-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_HASH:=03144d1070649e92f6a1b7d20bdc535e2bb1ac258daabe482e9aa8277b48f005
+PKG_HASH:=ea7caa14f757de083310ed2cba298661ddcca5dee06ec8f18043ea625a79df20
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=Artistic-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=LICENSE.md