diff --git a/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/Makefile b/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/Makefile
index 3654b86ece0e..6225f411c4c6 100644
--- a/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	Schedule-Cron
-PORTVERSION=	0.9
+PORTVERSION=	0.97
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	Schedule
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@ PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 MAN3=		Schedule::Cron.3
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+.if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500600
+IGNORE=		requires perl 5.6.0 or later. Install lang/perl5.8 and try again
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/distinfo b/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/distinfo
index 80cd5025a178..62e4c6635162 100644
--- a/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/p5-Schedule-Cron/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (Schedule-Cron-0.9.tar.gz) = a10379fc602f1392e77c4b4b49433db9
-SHA256 (Schedule-Cron-0.9.tar.gz) = 217123a793f31c9cb32fdac8c569a6187be417d856c2bcc47ebebcff522ccc53
-SIZE (Schedule-Cron-0.9.tar.gz) = 19704
+MD5 (Schedule-Cron-0.97.tar.gz) = 740e4088f7fb639ae59e00bc64a31d86
+SHA256 (Schedule-Cron-0.97.tar.gz) = 85e61782593061ae124a48ec33e1e8323176ef57ee9082f97247d4dad5353450
+SIZE (Schedule-Cron-0.97.tar.gz) = 21742