diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb
index 63246fc43ac..24a8b13835c 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DETONATE/DETONATE-1.11-GCC-12.3.0.eb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ builddependencies = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
+    ('Perl', '5.36.1'),
     ('Boost', '1.82.0'),
     ('sparsehash', '2.0.4'),
     ('BamTools', '2.5.2'),