diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
index 302970d5a9f..d5c26f43902 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-YAML'
 pkgname=perl-YAML
-version=1.26
+version=1.27
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
-depends="${makedepends}"
+makedepends="$hostmakedepends"
+depends="$makedepends"
 checkdepends="perl-Test-YAML perl-Test-Deep"
 short_desc="YAML - YAML Ain't Markup Language"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/YAML"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/YAML/YAML-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=fa2f99d54c4afbc5af9da6322609d2b697d0200b6bce6fdf644aff4242957fbc
+checksum=c992a1e820de0721b62b22521de92cdbf49edc306ab804c485b4b1ec25f682f9