diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index a2389a6..a1b81bb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-bullseye
+++ b/Dockerfile-bullseye
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 
 # base layer with perl and some general preparations
 #
-FROM perl:5.36.3-bullseye@sha256:e341d89b87dbf8caf8a3e33e8d606e1cb4f975d43553a083040fae3402d078c3 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.0-bullseye@sha256:0e532e15d319b5140d7b81fe2f92f0dfb76e1ae071afd96647bd80955a3d4881 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index 18340bc..c821d2f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
+++ b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 
 # base layer with perl and some general preparations
 #
-FROM perl:5.36.3-threaded-bullseye@sha256:688a4d97874189bd38cf19fb665c0068978ab1f217a8d0cdc99f02dd23ad9cc9 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.0-threaded-bullseye@sha256:ee5a48a2d9dc34a2cdb8bf921be5ba3ab432802cc0cbd831cb23f956d3b47417 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM