diff --git a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
index a86c9fefaa4..7337bf361a4 100644
--- a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
+++ b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ This list is also available at [ports.serenityos.net](https://ports.serenityos.n
 | [`patch`](patch/)                                   | patch (GNU)                                                     | 2.7.6                     | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/                                       |
 | [`pcre`](pcre/)                                     | Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)                      | 8.45                      | https://www.pcre.org/                                                          |
 | [`pcre2`](pcre2/)                                   | Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE2)                     | 10.42                     | https://www.pcre.org/                                                          |
-| [`perl5`](perl5/)                                   | Perl                                                            | 5.38.0                    | https://www.perl.org/                                                          |
+| [`perl5`](perl5/)                                   | Perl                                                            | 5.38.2                    | https://www.perl.org/                                                          |
 | [`pfetch`](pfetch/)                                 | pfetch                                                          | a906ff8                   | https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch/                                          |
 | [`php`](php/)                                       | PHP                                                             | 8.2.10                    | https://www.php.net/                                                           |
 | [`pixman`](pixman/)                                 | pixman                                                          | 0.42.2                    | http://pixman.org                                                              |
diff --git a/Ports/perl5/package.sh b/Ports/perl5/package.sh
index dd376c35127..49ed1726cf6 100755
--- a/Ports/perl5/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/perl5/package.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash ../.port_include.sh
 port='perl5'
-version='5.38.0'
+version='5.38.2'
+cross_version='1.5.2'
 useconfigure='true'
 files=(
-    "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${version}.tar.xz#eca551caec3bc549a4e590c0015003790bdd1a604ffe19cc78ee631d51f7072e"
-    "https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/releases/download/1.5/perl-cross-1.5.tar.gz#d744a390939e2ebb9a12f6725b4d9c19255a141d90031eff90ea183fdfcbf211"
+    "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${version}.tar.xz#d91115e90b896520e83d4de6b52f8254ef2b70a8d545ffab33200ea9f1cf29e8"
+    "https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/releases/download/${cross_version}/perl-cross-${cross_version}.tar.gz#584dc54c48dca25e032b676a15bef377c1fed9de318b4fc140292a5dbf326e90"
 )
 configopts=(
     '-Dosname=serenity'
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 
 post_fetch() {
     run chmod -R +rw "${PWD}/perl-${version}"*
-    run cp -r "${PWD}/perl-cross-1.5/"* "${PWD}/perl-${version}/"
+    run cp -r "${PWD}/perl-cross-${cross_version}/"* "${PWD}/perl-${version}/"
 
     if [ "$(uname -s)" = 'Darwin' ]; then
         cat <<- 'EOH' > "${PWD}/perl-${version}/readelf"