diff --git a/community/polymake/PKGBUILD b/community/polymake/PKGBUILD
index d80c4de68..07880e34b 100644
--- a/community/polymake/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/polymake/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ highmem=1
 
 pkgname=polymake
 pkgver=4.0.r1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
+_perlver=5.30.2
 pkgdesc="Open source software for research in polyhedral geometry"
 arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://polymake.org/"
 license=(GPL)
 depends=(normaliz singular ppl lrs perl-xml-writer perl-xml-libxml perl-xml-libxslt
-         perl-term-readline-gnu perl-term-readkey perl-json sympol)
+         perl-term-readline-gnu perl-term-readkey perl-json sympol perl=$_perlver)
 makedepends=(ninja cddlib ant boost bliss libnsl jdk8-openjdk permlib)
 optdepends=('java-runtime: java module')
 source=("https://polymake.org/lib/exe/fetch.php/download/polymake-${pkgver/.r/r}-minimal.tar.bz2")