diff --git a/main/perl/APKBUILD b/main/perl/APKBUILD
index 45543bd4f0c..b4150eb2a3c 100644
--- a/main/perl/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org>
 # Contributor: Valery Kartel <valery.kartel@gmail.com>
 pkgname=perl
-pkgver=5.38.1
+pkgver=5.38.2
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language"
 url="https://www.perl.org/"
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ source="https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	musl-skip-dst-test.patch
 	skip-test-due-to-busybox-ps.patch
 	musl-stack-size.patch
-	release_status.patch
 	"
 # creates empty usr/local/{lib,share} for local sitedirs
 options="!fhs"
@@ -188,10 +187,9 @@ utils() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-720b2c2707f219509e652bc3d80f9ce82bec85f882dee9ff88b6bc5183064d66333651830daeb92a6e96bbe5d9d48581ab8496ce9427f8db6103fc438e2c05db  perl-5.38.1.tar.xz
+0ca51e447c7a18639627c281a1c7ae6662c773745ea3c86bede46336d5514ecc97ded2c61166e1ac15635581489dc596368907aa3a775b34db225b76d7402d10  perl-5.38.2.tar.xz
 59afa4c166e4808d355e19cd70748540ffce9da5c6919c71648be7678de328409f9121ddea33415add73fc01a22e95ed9d9629f31b8ba20b3bbfc04dab926c63  digest-sha-cflags.patch
 3eaec691bc38e208ba4f34130ae45e50b6c339fa50093d0b0f6d7f24cb5b7c2a3734ca714a279c4b51173f82e46a8e7a3e70bfc7d7471a18c55a2102140e4186  musl-skip-dst-test.patch
 ba9cb1ff4a6e8e4c31bf4ef132c071ac919ffe45842cf5e98c8ca72d78ef4803883b57a0e7b8037da0079561a6ce9e6bd8d127892ac1bcb047638cb3ba3157f6  skip-test-due-to-busybox-ps.patch
 c004d6612ec754e5947255a2e2d15b5581f187c32495aeeec9f4fa286919bd9f40c72b63db61e3f4004b09288af2063a6a14b67e5c289e9a8b23ebd7c216e16f  musl-stack-size.patch
-ec2c0680588772e64a2a3baf27a644f54b2723ca5a7038b646334a4b25fff2674fcd3ad57380bfe8513fe61bccd1583eff5ee366075d5b5e2880ce131f30e80b  release_status.patch
 "
diff --git a/main/perl/release_status.patch b/main/perl/release_status.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5d1786010..00000000000
--- a/main/perl/release_status.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-t/porting/regen.t will fail without this change
-
---- a/META.json
-+++ b/META.json
-@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
-          "vxs.inc"
-       ]
-    },
--   "release_status" : "testing",
-+   "release_status" : "stable",
-    "resources" : {
-       "bugtracker" : {
-          "web" : "https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues"