diff --git a/package/perl/perl.hash b/package/perl/perl.hash
index 9ec2b42e34..b21023f730 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.hash
+++ b/package/perl/perl.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Hashes from: https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.34.1.tar.xz.{md5,sha1,sha256}.txt
-md5  7d2ece7f50775ea1ff739831935a24bd  perl-5.34.1.tar.xz
-sha1  e7dbef3c1ea7caa73e2c705bba9e4bfb92ea98f0  perl-5.34.1.tar.xz
-sha256  6d52cf833ff1af27bb5e986870a2c30cec73c044b41e3458cd991f94374039f7  perl-5.34.1.tar.xz
+# Hashes from: https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.36.0.tar.xz.{md5,sha1,sha256}.txt
+md5  826e42da130011699172fd655e49cfa2  perl-5.36.0.tar.xz
+sha1  938c56a77ae094eb7f5019318a5e4efb2d9c74fa  perl-5.36.0.tar.xz
+sha256  0f386dccbee8e26286404b2cca144e1005be65477979beb9b1ba272d4819bcf0  perl-5.36.0.tar.xz
 
 # Hash from: https://github.com/arsv/perl-cross/releases/download/1.4/perl-cross-1.4.hash
 sha256  be9d9f9f7148edff7a2f9695ba3cb7e3975eff6b25a9a81dd311725fd757aa91  perl-cross-1.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/perl/perl.mk b/package/perl/perl.mk
index 27acfaeff2..9be00e1b2c 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.mk
+++ b/package/perl/perl.mk
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # When updating the version here, also update utils/scancpan
-PERL_VERSION_MAJOR = 34
-PERL_VERSION = 5.$(PERL_VERSION_MAJOR).1
+PERL_VERSION_MAJOR = 36
+PERL_VERSION = 5.$(PERL_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 PERL_SITE = https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0
 PERL_SOURCE = perl-$(PERL_VERSION).tar.xz
 PERL_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
diff --git a/utils/scancpan b/utils/scancpan
index 48f8bd83b7..e7739a8ad1 100755
--- a/utils/scancpan
+++ b/utils/scancpan
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@ use Digest::SHA qw(sha256_hex);
 use Text::Wrap;
 $Text::Wrap::columns = 62;
 
-# Below, 5.034 should be aligned with the version of perl actually
+# Below, 5.036 should be aligned with the version of perl actually
 # bundled in Buildroot:
-die <<"MSG" if $] < 5.034;
+die <<"MSG" if $] < 5.036;
 This script needs a host perl with the same major version as Buildroot target perl.
 
 Your current host perl is:
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ Your current host perl is:
     version $]
 
 You may install a local one by running:
-    perlbrew install perl-5.34.0
+    perlbrew install perl-5.36.0
 MSG
 
 my ($help, $man, $quiet, $force, $recommend, $test, $host);
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ in order to work with the right CoreList data.
 
 =head1 LICENSE
 
-Copyright (C) 2013-2020 by Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
+Copyright (C) 2013-2023 by Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by