diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 0fa61ca4fbfe..59f5da88810d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11259,10 +11259,10 @@ let
 
   LinkEmbedder = buildPerlPackage {
     pname = "LinkEmbedder";
-    version = "1.17";
+    version = "1.18";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JH/JHTHORSEN/LinkEmbedder-1.17.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "10r1q2xfba59w818li5xaj6jlph9qla7vb99ir1ampq5n8g0s5i6";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JH/JHTHORSEN/LinkEmbedder-1.18.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "17gnixbawzr0r1k37dry7axb7ry6sj2xiahki28m8qbk1l69dfjz";
     };
     buildInputs = [ TestDeep ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ Mojolicious ];