perl-5.34.0 was released a few hours ago. The release has begun percolating through CPAN, as shown by this page: https://www.cpan.org/src/README.html And the fact that that page shows 5.34.0 as a "maint" release means that you can use 'perlbrew' to install it: $ perlbrew install perl-5.34.0 Enjoy!