diff --git a/images/windows/toolsets/toolset-2025.json b/images/windows/toolsets/toolset-2025.json
index 86dadfc24..ebe48c01f 100644
--- a/images/windows/toolsets/toolset-2025.json
+++ b/images/windows/toolsets/toolset-2025.json
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
             },
             {
                 "name": "strawberryperl" ,
-                "args": [ "--version", "5.40.2.2" ]
+                "args": [ "--version", "5.42.0.1" ]
             },
             { "name": "imagemagick" },
             { "name": "ninja" }