diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 6084aca..7334fa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        perl: [ '5.32', '5.30', '5.20' ]
+        perl: [ '5.38', '5.36' ]
     name: Perl ${{ matrix.perl }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 49fe616..c915378 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
-use v5.16;
+use v5.36;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     'IO::Compress::Zip' => '2.091',
     'Log::Any' => '1.713'
   },
-  MIN_PERL_VERSION => '5.016',
+  MIN_PERL_VERSION => '5.036',
   EXE_FILES => ['script/tei2korapxml'],
   META_MERGE   => {
     'meta-spec' => { version => 2 },
diff --git a/Readme.pod b/Readme.pod
index d679620..fe13a27 100644
--- a/Readme.pod
+++ b/Readme.pod
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 In case everything went well, the C<tei2korapxml> tool will
 be available on your command line immediately.
 
-Minimum requirement for L<KorAP::XML::TEI> is Perl 5.16.
+Minimum requirement for L<KorAP::XML::TEI> is Perl 5.36.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS