diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index 0fcf0a0b46..393efbdc04 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='4'
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='43'
-api_versionstring='5.43.7'
+api_versionstring='5.43.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='cc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -848,13 +848,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -991,8 +991,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1057,17 +1057,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1203,8 +1203,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.43.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 7'
+version='5.43.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1219,9 +1219,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=43
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=43
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
index 18607ad0ff..9bbfea3e10 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='4'
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='43'
-api_versionstring='5.43.7'
+api_versionstring='5.43.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -846,13 +846,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -989,8 +989,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1055,17 +1055,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1201,8 +1201,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.43.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 7'
+version='5.43.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1217,9 +1217,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=43
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=43
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e134d727dd..7ea7a6a051 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories.
 
 =item Directories for the perl distribution
 
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.43.7.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.43.8.
 $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
 determined by Configure.  The full definitions of all Configure
@@ -2628,7 +2628,7 @@ L<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>
 
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
 
-Perl 5.43.7 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.43.8 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
 In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules.
 
 In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one stable version of Perl
@@ -2703,9 +2703,9 @@ won't interfere with another version.  (The defaults guarantee this for
 libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?)  One convenient
 way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
 
-    sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.43.7
+    sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.43.8
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.43.7/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.43.8/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
 may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
 scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
 
@@ -2720,11 +2720,11 @@ yet.
 
 =head2 Upgrading from 5.42.0 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.43.7 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.42.0 or
+B<Perl 5.43.8 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.42.0 or
 earlier Perl releases.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.43.7.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.43.7, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.43.8.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.43.8, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2757,15 +2757,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.43.7 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.43.8 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.43.7/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.43.7/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.43.7/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.43.7/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.43.7/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.43.7/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.43.8/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.43.8/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.43.8/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.43.8/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.43.8/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.43.8/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
 
 Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591
 files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index b22e704ab4..1af8a68456 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@
          "url" : "https://github.com/Perl/perl5"
       }
    },
-   "version" : "5.043007",
+   "version" : "5.043008",
    "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.16"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 02c254cfb2..993eabb0ff 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ resources:
   homepage: https://www.perl.org/
   license: https://dev.perl.org/licenses/
   repository: https://github.com/Perl/perl5
-version: '5.043007'
+version: '5.043008'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.020'
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index 41e0e490b3..d6f1f480cc 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='16'
 aphostname='/usr/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='43'
-api_versionstring='5.43.7'
+api_versionstring='5.43.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
-archlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+archlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+archlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 archname64=''
 archname='x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 archobjs=''
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ incpath=''
 incpth='/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/13/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/13/include-fixed /usr/x86_64-suse-linux/include /usr/include'
 inews=''
 initialinstalllocation='/pro/bin'
-installarchlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+installarchlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 installbin='/pro/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -872,13 +872,13 @@ installman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
 installprefix='/pro'
 installprefixexp='/pro'
-installprivlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
+installprivlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
 installscript='/pro/bin'
-installsitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+installsitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 installsitebin='/pro/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+installsitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 installsiteman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/pro/bin'
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perl_thread_local='_Thread_local'
 perladmin='hmbrand@cpan.org'
 perllibs='-lpthread -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lquadmath'
-perlpath='/pro/bin/perl5.43.7'
+perlpath='/pro/bin/perl5.43.8'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/pro'
 prefixexp='/pro'
-privlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
-privlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.7'
+privlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
+privlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.43.8'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 ptrsize='8'
 quadkind='2'
@@ -1081,17 +1081,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 6, 17, 29, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
-sitearchexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+sitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+sitearchexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 sitebin='/pro/bin'
 sitebinexp='/pro/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+sitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 sitelib_stem='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.7'
+sitelibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.43.8'
 siteman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/pro/local/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ st_dev_sign='1'
 st_dev_size='8'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='8'
-startperl='#!/pro/bin/perl5.43.7'
+startperl='#!/pro/bin/perl5.43.8'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ stdio_ptr='((fp)->_ptr)'
 stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='REENTRANT_PROTO_B_IBW'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 sysroot=''
 tail=''
@@ -1234,8 +1234,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.43.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 7'
+version='5.43.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 8'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386 /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/13 /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/13/../../../../lib64 /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/13/../../..'
@@ -1246,10 +1246,10 @@ zcat=''
 zip='zip'
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=43
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=43
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=''
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 : Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index ffb9d41c7a..f4cb36a0d3 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -1239,8 +1239,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.7/x86_64-linux"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.7/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.8/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.8/x86_64-linux"		/**/
 
 /* BIN:
  *	This symbol holds the path of the bin directory where the package will
@@ -1293,8 +1293,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.7"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.7"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.8"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.43.8"		/**/
 
 /* SITEARCH:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -1311,8 +1311,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.7/x86_64-linux"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.7/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.8/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.8/x86_64-linux"		/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.7"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.7"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.8"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.43.8"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* PERL_VENDORARCH:
@@ -4109,7 +4109,7 @@
  *	script to make sure (one hopes) that it runs with perl and not
  *	some shell.
  */
-#define STARTPERL "#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.43.7"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.43.8"		/**/
 
 /* HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY:
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that there is an array
diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod
index 4bf844cc27..b1eb21422e 100644
--- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod
+++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details.
 
 =head1 EPIGRAPHS
 
+=head2 v5.43.6 - Vajra Chandrasekera, "The Saint of Bright Doors"
+
+L<Announced on 2026-01-19 by Max Maischein|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2025/12/msg270596.html>
+
+"When this door translates", Pipra says, pointing at it. "This side will be
+either the front or the back of the bright door. If it's the back, the door
+will vanish - we want to know what that looks like. Does it pop out of
+existence? Does it make a noise? Is there a puff of air? A farting sound?
+
 =head2 v5.43.6 - Christopher Hitchens, "Mortality"
 
 L<Announced on 2025-12-20 by Steve Hay|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2025/12/msg270596.html>
diff --git a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
index 17dbb5810f..2e9f2e3ead 100644
--- a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
+++ b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ died, add a short obituary here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.43.7..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.43.8..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/Porting/sync-with-cpan b/Porting/sync-with-cpan
index 433a196755..92e5a42063 100755
--- a/Porting/sync-with-cpan
+++ b/Porting/sync-with-cpan
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ my $package_file = "$tmpdir/$package"; # this is a cache
 my $type_dir     = "cpan";
 
 my @problematic = (
-    # no current entries as of perl-5.43.7
+    # no current entries as of perl-5.43.8
 );
 
 
diff --git a/Porting/todo.pod b/Porting/todo.pod
index 4a590add69..50b85c8de1 100644
--- a/Porting/todo.pod
+++ b/Porting/todo.pod
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ L<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2013-01/msg00339.html>
 =head1 Big projects
 
 Tasks that will get your name mentioned in the description of the "Highlights
-of 5.43.7"
+of 5.43.8"
 
 =head2 make ithreads more robust
 
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index f538147825..3b502a26ec 100644
--- a/README.haiku
+++ b/README.haiku
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ The build procedure is completely standard:
 Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl:
 
   chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl
-  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.43.7/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.43.8/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.43.7> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.43.8> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx
index 17c1b24977..9435455359 100644
--- a/README.macosx
+++ b/README.macosx
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ perlmacosx - Perl under Mac OS X
 
 This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
-  curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.43.7.tar.gz
-  tar -xzf perl-5.43.7.tar.gz
-  cd perl-5.43.7
+  curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.43.8.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf perl-5.43.8.tar.gz
+  cd perl-5.43.8
   ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/local/
   make
   make test
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-The latest Perl release (5.43.7 as of this writing) builds without changes
+The latest Perl release (5.43.8 as of this writing) builds without changes
 under all versions of Mac OS X from 10.3 "Panther" onwards. 
 
 In order to build your own version of Perl you will need 'make',
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 494a82c60d..fd39e51733 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ C<set PERLLIB_PREFIX> in F<Config.sys>, see L</"C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>">.
 
 =item Additional Perl modules
 
-  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.43.7/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.43.8/
 
 Same remark as above applies.  Additionally, if this directory is not
 one of directories on @INC (and @INC is influenced by C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>), you
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index a709b69fac..3eeb0d4fd4 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ You may need to set up a foreign symbol for the unpacking utility of
 choice.  Once you have done so, use a command like the following to
 unpack the archive:
 
-    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.43^.7.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.43^.8.tar
 
 Then set default to the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set default [.perl-5^.43^.7]
+    set default [.perl-5^.43^.8]
 
 and proceed with configuration as described in the next section.
 
diff --git a/embed.fnc b/embed.fnc
index ce182467b8..678d386217 100644
--- a/embed.fnc
+++ b/embed.fnc
@@ -584,10 +584,10 @@
 :        instead you define the macro as 'PERL_FOO' (all uppercase), the
 :        embed.h entry will use all uppercase.
 :
-:	 The default visibility of macros created before 5.43.7 is visible
+:	 The default visibility of macros created before 5.43.8 is visible
 :	 everywhere, so the visibility flags are ignored.  Starting in that
 :	 release, the default visibility of newly created macros is core-only,
-:	 so the visibility flags do have effect.  To cause a pre-5.43.7 symbol
+:	 so the visibility flags do have effect.  To cause a pre-5.43.8 symbol
 :	 to be affected by a visibility flag, remove the symbol from its
 :	 override list in regen/embed.pl.
 :
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index bcfc7e9701..15d42dacf5 100644
--- a/hints/catamount.sh
+++ b/hints/catamount.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.43.7
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.43.8
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/bin
 # cp *.h /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # cp libperl.a /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.43.7
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.43.8
 # cp miniperl perl run.sh cc.sh /opt/perl-catamount/lib
 #
 # With the headers and the libperl.a you can embed Perl to your Catamount
diff --git a/lib/B/Op_private.pm b/lib/B/Op_private.pm
index e28ddf1b2d..3f715797d2 100644
--- a/lib/B/Op_private.pm
+++ b/lib/B/Op_private.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ package B::Op_private;
 our %bits;
 
 
-our $VERSION = "5.043007";
+our $VERSION = "5.043008";
 
 $bits{$_}{3} = 'OPpENTERSUB_AMPER' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
 $bits{$_}{6} = 'OPpENTERSUB_DB' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 3687f2d53f..f0a63e14e8 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Instead use one of the version comparison macros.  See C<L</PERL_VERSION_EQ>>.
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
 #define PERL_VERSION	43		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	7		/* generation */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION	8		/* generation */
 
 /* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
    Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Instead use one of the version comparison macros.  See C<L</PERL_VERSION_EQ>>.
 */
 #define PERL_API_REVISION	5
 #define PERL_API_VERSION	43
-#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	7
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	8
 /*
    XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
    as -Duselonglong may invalidate these settings.  Currently, Configure
diff --git a/plan9/config_sh.sample b/plan9/config_sh.sample
index 3da90256ec..a4ba062588 100644
--- a/plan9/config_sh.sample
+++ b/plan9/config_sh.sample
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='4'
 aphostname='/bin/uname -n'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='7'
+api_subversion='8'
 api_version='43'
-api_versionstring='5.43.7'
+api_versionstring='5.43.8'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.43.7/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.43.7/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.43.8/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.43.8/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -834,17 +834,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -972,8 +972,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1038,13 +1038,13 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 0'
 sig_size='50'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.7/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.43.8/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='7'
+subversion='8'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1164,8 +1164,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.43.7'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 7'
+version='5.43.8'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 43 subversion 8'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth=''
@@ -1180,9 +1180,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=43
-PERL_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=43
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=8
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index 01540a3f2b..7c3b765fb7 100644
--- a/win32/GNUmakefile
+++ b/win32/GNUmakefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ INST_TOP := $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	:= \5.43.7
+#INST_VER	:= \5.43.8
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 11b6f0a524..2e3358d146 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INST_TOP	= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	= \5.43.7
+#INST_VER	= \5.43.8
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have