--- lib/ExtUtils/Helpers/Unix.pm
+++ lib/ExtUtils/Helpers/Unix.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 use Carp qw/croak/;
 use Config;
-use Text::ParseWords 3.24 qw/shellwords/;
+use Text::ParseWords 3.22 qw/shellwords/;
 
 sub make_executable {
 	my $filename = shift;