diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf b/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf
index 4f075e9..3cb9571 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/conf/layer.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "perl-layer"
 BBFILE_PATTERN_perl-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/"
-BBFILE_PRIORITY_perl-layer = "6"
+BBFILE_PRIORITY_perl-layer = "5"
 
 # This should only be incremented on significant changes that will
 # cause compatibility issues with other layers