diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index fc3a8b27..54b163be 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@sha256:288fb5749488567f52b5616d3d3569d39fe765f66cc953cbe34f885babe559bf as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-bullseye@sha256:66e947ef4dd6973f110fdde5e71120e9f0e3310838e3a5da17f3837bcdaf5551 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index 8637358f..0d061dcb 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:d73542dbc647746331501b8a9b9b99acc726bdb50e361304e496d43fedf3be28 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-threaded-bullseye@sha256:ef592562396294196a45bd9c760ad8ce36f85c7f0aff66769c3951f70102ef41 as base
 
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM