diff --git a/alpine-packages.txt b/alpine-packages.txt
index 8f56d58..6669474 100644
--- a/alpine-packages.txt
+++ b/alpine-packages.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ curl~=8.19
 github-cli~=2.83
 git~=2.52
 jq~=1.8
+perl~=5.40
 python3~=3.12