diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/config.el b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
index c2ecef283..aa211f2bc 100644
--- a/modules/lang/perl/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 ;; There's also `perl-mode' for perl < 6, which is already set up.
 
-;; REVIEW Until Raku/raku-mode#33 is merged.
+
 (use-package! raku-mode
-  :interpreter "raku"
-  :mode "\\.nqp\\'"
-  :mode "\\.raku\\(mod\\|test\\)?"
-  :init (defalias 'perl6-mode #'raku-mode)
+  :defer t
+  :init
+  (defalias 'perl6-mode #'raku-mode)
   :config
   (set-repl-handler! 'raku-mode #'run-raku))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/packages.el b/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
index 39c69311c..5be816b9f 100644
--- a/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; lang/perl/packages.el
 
-(package! raku-mode :pin "44529c097f98723067f852c6496d91257978c1e2")
+(package! raku-mode :pin "d474216840251dc0efe4f4aa4f5c5f66ac26fa74")
 
 (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-raku