diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index a2389a6..60525b7 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:5.38.2-bullseye@sha256:8c293d18128d6ec94cc2a253d732d762e9df76dbca1cbc285253d7b6dc4874cd as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index 18340bc..132ec35 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:5.38.2-threaded-bullseye@sha256:0112bb0c83ec455a907c5f8403d152d2f7ef0443d7e732ec689c3bdff52e6b50 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM