diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index a462f6de..7040c4b7 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@sha256:3993f790ae91af63084e4b2dc138889a1038b9b9f468f33f8506026e8ad9dc5d as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index d887fdb9..7040d2bf 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:dac3a0701411c6722205017b1b0c5673038b862a3fe47ad919ca05ac25f520bb as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM