diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index e566a93a74..a918841286 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -1836,15 +1836,15 @@ (define-public perl-io-socket-ssl
 (define-public perl-libwww
   (package
     (name "perl-libwww")
-    (version "6.05")
+    (version "6.13")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
-                   "mirror://cpan/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/libwww-perl-"
+                   "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/libwww-perl-"
                    version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "08wgwyz7748pv5cyngxia0xl6nragfnhrp4p9s78xhgfyygpj9bv"))))
+               "1cpqjl59viw50bnbdyn8xzrwzg7g54b2rszw0fifacqrppp17gaz"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("perl-encode-locale" ,perl-encode-locale)
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ (define-public perl-libwww
 and functions that allow you to write WWW clients.  The library also
 contains modules that are of more general use and even classes that
 help you implement simple HTTP servers.")
-    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl/")))
+    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwww-perl/")))
 
 (define-public perl-lwp-mediatypes
   (package