diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index 8624a29..91ffa3a 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@sha256:20ee203e5cc2fb3e94c4da685cbfeb6401917552c236deb2f5621cdc96c5cb43 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-bullseye@sha256:8c293d18128d6ec94cc2a253d732d762e9df76dbca1cbc285253d7b6dc4874cd as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index 1f2005f..0d1c0fa 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@sha256:5a0643affdfd83cb4f357172522ea42237c8cb0ded9f44c86e0d074de4739eb7 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-threaded-bullseye@sha256:0112bb0c83ec455a907c5f8403d152d2f7ef0443d7e732ec689c3bdff52e6b50 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM