diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
index 81099b967452..9c3c34c73aad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, buildPackages
+{ config, lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, buildPackages
 , callPackage
 , enableThreading ? true, coreutils, makeWrapper
 , zlib
@@ -41,14 +41,7 @@ let
       ]
       ++ optional stdenv.isSunOS ./ld-shared.patch
       ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./cpp-precomp.patch ./sw_vers.patch ]
-      ++ optionals crossCompiling [
-        ./MakeMaker-cross.patch
-        # https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/pull/120
-        (fetchpatch {
-          url = "https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/commit/3c318ae6572f8b36cb077c8b49c851e2f5fe181e.patch";
-          sha256 = "0cmcy8bams3c68f6xadl52z2w378wcpdjzi3qi4pcyvcfs011l6g";
-        })
-      ];
+      ++ optional crossCompiling ./MakeMaker-cross.patch;
 
     # This is not done for native builds because pwd may need to come from
     # bootstrap tools when building bootstrap perl.
@@ -204,14 +197,14 @@ let
       priority = 6; # in `buildEnv' (including the one inside `perl.withPackages') the library files will have priority over files in `perl`
     };
   } // optionalAttrs (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) rec {
-    crossVersion = "393821c7cf53774233aaf130ff2c8ccec701b0a9"; # Sep 22, 2021
+    crossVersion = "1.3.7"; # Mar 15, 2022
 
     perl-cross-src = fetchFromGitHub {
       name = "perl-cross-${crossVersion}";
       owner = "arsv";
       repo = "perl-cross";
       rev = crossVersion;
-      sha256 = "1fn35b1773aibi2z54m0mar7114737mvfyp81wkdwhakrmzr5nv1";
+      sha256 = "sha256-F7Vi3RAgIE/3NPlbD5zQ3Q8Ex9ddXTC4zoCRaOxXK0A=";
     };
 
     depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc makeWrapper ];
@@ -240,15 +233,15 @@ in {
   perl534 = common {
     perl = pkgs.perl534;
     buildPerl = buildPackages.perl534;
-    version = "5.34.0";
-    sha256 = "16mywn5afpv1mczv9dlc1w84rbgjgrr0pyr4c0hhb2wnif0zq7jm";
+    version = "5.34.1";
+    sha256 = "sha256-NXlRpJGwuhzjYRJjki/ux4zNWB3dwkpEawM+JazyQqE=";
   };
 
   # the latest Devel version
   perldevel = common {
     perl = pkgs.perldevel;
     buildPerl = buildPackages.perldevel;
-    version = "5.35.4";
-    sha256 = "1ss2r0qq5li6d2qghfv1iah5nl6nraymd7b7ib1iy1395rwyhl4q";
+    version = "5.35.9";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/nmSCIIXHXoC68DxFM9b5GM2AKU4WlLbfWLgduanL7U=";
   };
 }