diff --git a/buildenv b/buildenv
index 461e0b9..156915f 100644
--- a/buildenv
+++ b/buildenv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # bump: perl-version /PERL_VERSION="(.*)"/ https://github.com/Perl/perl5.git|semver:*
-PERL_VERSION="5.43.2"
+PERL_VERSION="5.43.6"
 
 export ZOPEN_BUILD_LINE="STABLE"
 export ZOPEN_STABLE_DEPS="curl gzip make git make zoslib sed coreutils grep findutils zlib gettext"