diff --git a/system/base/perl/actions.py b/system/base/perl/actions.py
index 37ca0784..adf23bf1 100644
--- a/system/base/perl/actions.py
+++ b/system/base/perl/actions.py
@@ -55,12 +55,18 @@ def setup():
                       -Di_db \
                       -Ubincompat5005 \
                       -Uversiononly \
+                      -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5/core_perl \
+                      -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl5/%s/core_perl \
+                      -Dsitelib=/usr/share/perl5/site_perl \
+                      -Dsitearch=/usr/lib/perl5/%s/site_perl \
+                      -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl \
+                      -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/%s/vendor_perl \
                       -Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isr" \
                       -Dd_gethostent_r_proto -Ud_endhostent_r_proto -Ud_sethostent_r_proto \
                       -Ud_endprotoent_r_proto -Ud_setprotoent_r_proto \
                       -Ud_endservent_r_proto -Ud_setservent_r_proto \
                       -Dlibpth="/lib /usr/lib" \
-                      ' %(get.ARCH(), get.CC(), get.CFLAGS(), get.installDIR(), get.installDIR(), get.srcVERSION()))
+                      ' %(get.ARCH(), get.CC(), get.CFLAGS(), get.installDIR(), get.installDIR(), get.srcVERSION(), get.srcVERSION(), get.srcVERSION(), get.srcVERSION()))
     
 
 def build():
@@ -88,8 +94,8 @@ def install():
     # NEEDS MODIFICATION FOR NEW VERSION
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/perl5/%s/%s-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.%s" % (get.srcVERSION(), get.ARCH(), get.srcVERSION()), "/usr/lib/libperl.so")
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/perl5/%s/%s-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.%s" % (get.srcVERSION(), get.ARCH(), get.srcVERSION()), "/usr/lib/libperl.so.5")
-    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/perl5/%s/%s-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.%s" % (get.srcVERSION(), get.ARCH(), get.srcVERSION()), "/usr/lib/libperl.so.5.32")
-    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/perl5/%s/%s-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.%s" % (get.srcVERSION(), get.ARCH(), get.srcVERSION()), "/usr/lib/libperl.so.5.32.0")
+    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/perl5/%s/%s-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.%s" % (get.srcVERSION(), get.ARCH(), get.srcVERSION()), "/usr/lib/libperl.so.5.38")
+    pisitools.dosym("/usr/lib/perl5/%s/%s-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so.%s" % (get.srcVERSION(), get.ARCH(), get.srcVERSION()), "/usr/lib/libperl.so.5.38.2")
 
     # Docs
     pisitools.dodir("/usr/share/doc/%s/html" % get.srcNAME())
@@ -99,6 +105,19 @@ def install():
                        --recurse \
                        --htmldir="%s/usr/share/doc/%s/html"' % (get.curDIR(), get.installDIR(), get.srcNAME()))
 
+    ### Arch linux Perl Settings ###
+    # Change man page extensions for site and vendor module builds.
+    # Set no mail address since bug reports should go to the bug tracker
+    # and not someone's email.
+    shelltools.system("""sed -e '/^man1ext=/ s/1perl/1p/' -e '/^man3ext=/ s/3perl/3pm/' \
+                           -e "/^cf_email=/ s/'.*'/''/" \
+                           -e "/^perladmin=/ s/'.*'/''/" \
+                           -i %s/usr/lib/perl5/%s/core_perl/Config_heavy.pl""" % (get.installDIR(), get.srcVERSION()))
+
+    shelltools.system("""sed -e '/(makepl_arg =>/   s/""/"INSTALLDIRS=site"/' \
+                           -e '/(mbuildpl_arg =>/ s/""/"installdirs=site"/' \
+                           -i %s/usr/share/perl5/core_perl/CPAN/FirstTime.pm""" % get.installDIR())
+
     perlmodules.removePodfiles()
     perlmodules.removePacklist()
     pisitools.dodoc("Changes*", "Artistic", "Copying", "README", "AUTHORS")
diff --git a/system/base/perl/pspec.xml b/system/base/perl/pspec.xml
index c3a135ae..03adcf29 100644
--- a/system/base/perl/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/perl/pspec.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <IsA>app:console</IsA>
         <Summary>Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Reporting Language</Summary>
         <Description>Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and shell scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is especially good at handling text. Perl's hallmarks are practicality and efficiency. While it is used to do a lot of different things, Perl's most common applications are system administration utilities and web programming. A large proportion of the CGI scripts on the web are written in Perl. You need the perl package installed on your system so that your system can handle Perl scripts.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="ddecb3117c016418b19ed3a8827e4b521b47d6bb" type="targz">https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.32.0.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="bcb6782ae5ddeca45cbcb263bef8cd3dc9040679" type="targz">https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.38.2.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency versionFrom="6.2.23">db-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gdbm-devel</Dependency>
@@ -46,14 +46,22 @@
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>
             <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc</Path>
+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/perl5</Path>
         </Files>
         <AdditionalFiles>
             <!-- FIXME: Update perl version in target path  when Perl version changes! -->
-            <AdditionalFile owner="root" permission="0644" target="/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.30.1/Turkish.pm">Turkish.pm</AdditionalFile>
+            <AdditionalFile owner="root" permission="0644" target="/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.38.2/Turkish.pm">Turkish.pm</AdditionalFile>
         </AdditionalFiles>
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="9">
+            <Date>2024-05-14</Date>
+            <Version>5.38.2</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="8">
             <Date>2022-01-28</Date>
             <Version>5.32.0</Version>