diff --git a/perl-comp/perl-comp.spec b/perl-comp/perl-comp.spec
index 26977683b9..5eb926b70d 100644
--- a/perl-comp/perl-comp.spec
+++ b/perl-comp/perl-comp.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ##
 
 #   versions of individual parts
-%define       V_compress_zlib        1.30
+%define       V_compress_zlib        1.31
 %define       V_compress_lzo         1.08
 %define       V_compress_bzip2       1.00
 %define       V_io_zlib              1.01