diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index a462f6de..be1ec51b 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@sha256:3d52cad010a880f195fba60fe1c843c4e745cabf05a597aae54036059ad20a3d as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-bullseye@sha256:ea66cac1332eaa9f8443cb825d2f617ea76992fc9f511f76d7daabef2c662ab2 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index d887fdb9..f95aa164 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@sha256:4a445703c6d25e42459ae35c06a553a3f936109ab25876d32dd37a2d2bc05916 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-threaded-bullseye@sha256:6170feb997d6e85bee4ba9bd863668638b99c37045fbec68f3c5cf17b655828a as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM