diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index 6a944902..47cd3b43 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ main_module = lib/HTML/FormFu.pm
 ;;; such as Number::Format have been forcing a minimum version of 5.10 since
 ;;; 2011.  Testing new versions against 5.8.x is getting impractical
 ;;perl = 5.008001
-perl = 5.010
+perl = 5.012
 
  ; this is the lowest version of Exporter I can identify that exports import()
  ; it's bundled with perl 5.83