diff --git a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
index 8af1834051a4..c06664291f49 100644
--- a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ MYSQL_DEFAULT?=		5.7
 # Possible values: 5.26, 5.28, 5.30, devel
 .if !exists(${LOCALBASE}/bin/perl) || (!defined(_PORTS_ENV_CHECK) && \
     defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING))
-PERL5_DEFAULT?=		5.28
+PERL5_DEFAULT?=		5.30
 .elif !defined(PERL5_DEFAULT)
 # There's no need to replace development versions, like "5.23" with "devel"
 # because 1) nobody is supposed to use it outside of poudriere, and 2) it must