diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template b/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template
index 4b96e7475ba..e0646e77139 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-JSON/template
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-JSON'
 pkgname=perl-JSON
-version=2.94
+version=2.96
 revision=1
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/JSON/JSON-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=12271b5cee49943bbdde430eef58f1fe64ba6561980b22c69585e08fc977dc6d
+checksum=e4b1d7461e99ab26e548e6bf87e7a785b99d5ec6425b66b163fba34b7450526a
 build_style="perl-module"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+checkdepends="perl-Test-Pod"
 depends="perl"
 maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/JSON/"