diff --git a/test/images/perl/BASEIMAGE b/test/images/perl/BASEIMAGE
index a10e6487012..3feeef6caae 100644
--- a/test/images/perl/BASEIMAGE
+++ b/test/images/perl/BASEIMAGE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-linux/amd64=perl:5.26
-linux/arm=arm32v7/perl:5.26
-linux/arm64=arm64v8/perl:5.26
-linux/ppc64le=ppc64le/perl:5.26
-linux/s390x=s390x/perl:5.26
+linux/amd64=perl:5.40
+linux/arm=arm32v7/perl:5.40
+linux/arm64=arm64v8/perl:5.40
+linux/ppc64le=ppc64le/perl:5.40
+linux/s390x=s390x/perl:5.40
diff --git a/test/images/perl/VERSION b/test/images/perl/VERSION
index 96d003370fd..2db2f6edebf 100644
--- a/test/images/perl/VERSION
+++ b/test/images/perl/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.26
+5.40