diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PennCNV/PennCNV-1.0.5-GCCcore-8.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PennCNV/PennCNV-1.0.5-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
index f181ddc27e..d69ae01991 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PennCNV/PennCNV-1.0.5-GCCcore-8.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PennCNV/PennCNV-1.0.5-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ description = """A free software tool for Copy Number Variation (CNV) detection
  it can handle signal intensity data from Illumina and Affymetrix arrays. With appropriate preparation of file format,
  it can also handle other types of SNP arrays and oligonucleotide arrays."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '8.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
 
 source_urls = ['https://github.com/WGLab/PennCNV/archive/']
 sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
 checksums = ['5afd31c4cd92802a1fdfb6eb8c3c70ba82a0292d99a14755ce2ba0630f294d1f']
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('binutils', '2.32'),
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
 ]
 
-dependencies = [('Perl', '5.30.0')]
+dependencies = [('Perl', '5.36.1')]
 
 # Extension is compiled for the local Perl installation, and then used by 
 # supplied scripts 
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
+sanity_check_commands = ["detect_cnv.pl  2>&1 | grep '^Usage:'"]
+
 modextrapaths = {'PATH': ''}
 
 moduleclass = 'bio'