diff --git a/bin/windows_install.pl b/bin/windows_install.pl
index 91624d073..738f9b880 100755
--- a/bin/windows_install.pl
+++ b/bin/windows_install.pl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 CPAN::Shell->install('Class::Base');
 CPAN::Shell->install('Digest::MD5');
 
-unless (eval "use Bio::Perl 1.52; 1") {
+unless (eval "use Bio::Perl 1.005002; 1") {
   print STDERR "Installing BioPerl...\n";
   do_install(BIOPERL,'bioperl-1.52.tar.gz','bioperl-live');
 }