diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template b/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template
index 09214f20ca3..deee7424d6c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-WWW-Mechanize/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-WWW-Mechanize'
 pkgname=perl-WWW-Mechanize
-version=1.96
+version=1.97
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/WWW-Mechanize"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/WWW/${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a79a613452287433a88e689195b09951a06c2df6d7fd40c15aa556452de9ab04
+checksum=98b0f08b503d14641d34a7e2946b01a483ccd9b8c7286d9ab52988f9f7b9ece5
 
 pre_configure() {
 	unset configure_args