diff --git a/lang/perl5-devel/Makefile b/lang/perl5-devel/Makefile
index 5b2ed524f99e..7ac88eba7b6a 100644
--- a/lang/perl5-devel/Makefile
+++ b/lang/perl5-devel/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} TEST_JOBS=${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER}
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Perl
 GH_PROJECT=	perl5
-GH_TAGNAME=	v5.23.3-106-ga0c8eb5
+GH_TAGNAME=	v5.23.3-166-ga6d3278
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DEBUG GDBM PERL_64BITINT PTHREAD \
 		MULTIPLICITY SITECUSTOMIZE
diff --git a/lang/perl5-devel/distinfo b/lang/perl5-devel/distinfo
index 38a3544bcf6c..4ad483e8be06 100644
--- a/lang/perl5-devel/distinfo
+++ b/lang/perl5-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (perl/perl-5.23.3-106_GH0.tar.gz) = 3880d79a016c5eb116d0b94fb31b6da7aff8a5a513e17e1ed8e3212b82abfbaa
-SIZE (perl/perl-5.23.3-106_GH0.tar.gz) = 17579250
+SHA256 (perl/perl-5.23.3-166_GH0.tar.gz) = 7fe970cfc4bd048588a007ee48523f770d14731cec88b7943bedf51ebca1bd94
+SIZE (perl/perl-5.23.3-166_GH0.tar.gz) = 17598700
diff --git a/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-Configure b/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-Configure
index ed75f4af47c5..eccbd18130ae 100644
--- a/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-Configure
+++ b/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-Configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- Configure.orig	2015-09-08 05:21:36 UTC
+--- Configure.orig	2015-10-19 08:07:11 UTC
 +++ Configure
-@@ -3849,7 +3849,10 @@ esac
+@@ -3832,7 +3832,10 @@ esac
  . ./posthint.sh
  
  : who configured the system
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  case "$cf_by" in
  "")
  	cf_by=`(logname) 2>/dev/null`
-@@ -5030,7 +5033,7 @@ esac
+@@ -5013,7 +5016,7 @@ esac
  : Now check and see which directories actually exist, avoiding duplicates
  for xxx in $dlist
  do
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  		case " $libpth " in
  		*" $xxx "*) ;;
  		*) libpth="$libpth $xxx";;
-@@ -9543,8 +9546,7 @@ prefixvar=siteman3dir
+@@ -9531,8 +9534,7 @@ prefixvar=siteman3dir
  
  : determine where add-on public executable scripts go
  case "$sitescript" in
diff --git a/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-perl.c b/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-perl.c
index e85ed10dc7d1..604b01487d71 100644
--- a/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-perl.c
+++ b/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-perl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- perl.c.orig	2015-09-08 05:21:36 UTC
+--- perl.c.orig	2015-10-19 08:07:11 UTC
 +++ perl.c
-@@ -1803,18 +1803,7 @@ S_Internals_V(pTHX_ CV *cv)
+@@ -1806,18 +1806,7 @@ S_Internals_V(pTHX_ CV *cv)
      PUSHs(Perl_newSVpvn_flags(aTHX_ non_bincompat_options,
  			      sizeof(non_bincompat_options) - 1, SVs_TEMP));
  
diff --git a/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-t_porting_customized.dat b/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-t_porting_customized.dat
index ed7277f85846..7892b11c6530 100644
--- a/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-t_porting_customized.dat
+++ b/lang/perl5-devel/files/patch-t_porting_customized.dat
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
---- t/porting/customized.dat.orig	2015-10-12 04:46:53 UTC
+--- t/porting/customized.dat.orig	2015-10-19 08:07:11 UTC
 +++ t/porting/customized.dat
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ExtUtils::MakeMaker cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMa
- ExtUtils::MakeMaker cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm 0c78ba02d6249dfcca12ac9886a7c7cfb60e77fe
- ExtUtils::MakeMaker cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/t/prereq.t 53bda2c549fd13a6b6c13a070ca6bc79883081c0
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ExtUtils::MakeMaker cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMa
  ExtUtils::MakeMaker cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/t/vstrings.t 90035a2bdbf45f15b9c3196d072d7cba7e662871
+ Math::BigRat cpan/Math-BigRat/lib/Math/BigRat.pm 682352dde33638125ce12ca44990bd1cd44af4f8
+ Module::Metadata cpan/Module-Metadata/t/lib/GeneratePackage.pm 502ffbe2609947430e6aa1a3df8064b3fef3e086
 -Pod::Perldoc cpan/Pod-Perldoc/lib/Pod/Perldoc.pm dcd53fba13060dbb71b1b5861fbc5c0881c8625a
 +Pod::Perldoc cpan/Pod-Perldoc/lib/Pod/Perldoc.pm 42acfd829eb9ebb981335822c52695bd208ac463
  Pod::Simple cpan/Pod-Simple/lib/Pod/Simple/BlackBox.pm 4108633c4f40f7f63c5a0245df2b07a4a2f22fec