diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yaml b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
index ec3df19..8259047 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/release.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
     image: alpine:latest
     commands:
       - apk update
-      - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb pkgconfig meson ninja git
+      - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb pkgconfig meson ninja git perl
       - meson setup --reconfigure --prefer-static  -Dcpp_link_args="-static" --buildtype=release build
       - ninja -C build
       - meson dist -C build --formats xztar,gztar,zip