diff --git a/perl/perl.spec b/perl/perl.spec
index fc771f045f..c785e58bde 100644
--- a/perl/perl.spec
+++ b/perl/perl.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Version:      5.6.1
 Release:      20020404
 
 #   list of sources
-Source0:      ftp://ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:      ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:      http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/CGI/CGI.pm-3.02.tar.gz
 Source2:      http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Bit/Bit-Vector-6.1.tar.gz
 Source3:      http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Date/TimeDate-1.10.tar.gz