diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index cab47d8975..c10ae78ef6 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='5'
+api_subversion='6'
 api_version='39'
-api_versionstring='5.39.5'
+api_versionstring='5.39.6'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/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/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/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/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/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/perl5/5.39.5'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 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/perl5/5.39.5'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
 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/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 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='5'
+subversion='6'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1201,8 +1201,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.39.5'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 5'
+version='5.39.6'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 6'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1217,9 +1217,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=39
-PERL_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=39
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
index a7b36825d2..596399f825 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='5'
+api_subversion='6'
 api_version='39'
-api_versionstring='5.39.5'
+api_versionstring='5.39.6'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/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/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/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'
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -844,13 +844,13 @@ 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/perl5/5.39.5'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -987,8 +987,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.5'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1053,17 +1053,17 @@ 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/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='5'
+subversion='6'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1199,8 +1199,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.39.5'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 5'
+version='5.39.6'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 6'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1215,9 +1215,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=39
-PERL_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=39
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ff85d8c7d6..3dfdff2eb1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ 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 5.39.5.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.39.6.
 $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
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ L<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>
 
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
 
-Perl 5.39.5 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.39.6 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
@@ -2655,9 +2655,9 @@ 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/perl5.39.5
+	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.39.6
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.39.5/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.39.6/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.
 
@@ -2670,13 +2670,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development
 subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
 yet.
 
-=head2 Upgrading from 5.39.4 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.39.5 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.39.5 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.39.4 or
+B<Perl 5.39.6 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.39.5 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 5.39.5.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.39.5, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.39.6.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.39.6, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2709,15 +2709,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.39.5 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.39.6 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.39.5/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.39.5/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.39.5/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.39.5/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.39.5/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.39.5/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.39.6/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.39.6/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.39.6/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.39.6/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.39.6/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.39.6/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 60663bf434..16472e9e7d 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@
          "url" : "https://github.com/Perl/perl5"
       }
    },
-   "version" : "5.039005",
+   "version" : "5.039006",
    "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.16"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 404e6702e5..bbc8157640 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: '5.039005'
+version: '5.039006'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index f6690e8399..98fd293120 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='5'
+api_subversion='6'
 api_version='39'
-api_versionstring='5.39.5'
+api_versionstring='5.39.6'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
-archlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+archlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+archlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 archname64=''
 archname='x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 archobjs=''
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ 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/perl5/5.39.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+installarchlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 installbin='/pro/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -870,13 +870,13 @@ installman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
 installprefix='/pro'
 installprefixexp='/pro'
-installprivlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.5'
+installprivlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
 installscript='/pro/bin'
-installsitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+installsitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 installsitebin='/pro/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+installsitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 installsiteman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/pro/bin'
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ 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/perl5.39.5'
+perlpath='/pro/bin/perl5.39.6'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -1013,8 +1013,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/pro'
 prefixexp='/pro'
-privlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.5'
-privlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.5'
+privlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
+privlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.39.6'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 ptrsize='8'
 quadkind='2'
@@ -1079,17 +1079,17 @@ 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/5.39.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
-sitearchexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+sitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
+sitearchexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-quadmath'
 sitebin='/pro/bin'
 sitebinexp='/pro/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+sitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 sitelib_stem='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.5'
+sitelibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.39.6'
 siteman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/pro/local/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ st_dev_sign='1'
 st_dev_size='8'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='8'
-startperl='#!/pro/bin/perl5.39.5'
+startperl='#!/pro/bin/perl5.39.6'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ stdio_ptr='((fp)->_ptr)'
 stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='REENTRANT_PROTO_B_IBW'
 submit=''
-subversion='5'
+subversion='6'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 sysroot=''
 tail=''
@@ -1232,8 +1232,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.39.5'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 5'
+version='5.39.6'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 6'
 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/../../..'
@@ -1244,10 +1244,10 @@ zcat=''
 zip='zip'
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=39
-PERL_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=39
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=''
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 : Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index d749123f7a..6ada6b2f96 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/5.39.5/x86_64-linux"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.39.5/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.39.6/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.39.6/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/5.39.5"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.39.5"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.39.6"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.39.6"		/**/
 
 /* 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/5.39.5/x86_64-linux"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.39.5/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.39.6/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.39.6/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/5.39.5"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.39.5"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.39.6"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.39.6"		/**/
 #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/perl5.39.5"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.39.6"		/**/
 
 /* HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY:
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that there is an array
diff --git a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
index f3bc1a9647..c536690971 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 v5.39.5..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.39.6..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index 09898de853..221bb6c46d 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 perl5/5.39.5/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.39.6/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.39.5> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.39.6> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx
index 66921c8842..b1e56d6852 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-5.39.5.tar.gz
-  tar -xzf perl-5.39.5.tar.gz
-  cd perl-5.39.5
+  curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.39.6.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf perl-5.39.6.tar.gz
+  cd perl-5.39.6
   ./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 (5.39.5 as of this writing) builds without changes
+The latest Perl release (5.39.6 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 a9dfac8b94..7cfc6cdddc 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/5.39.5/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.39.6/
 
 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 01ee50dcf9..962b8b7d3b 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^.39^.5.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.39^.6.tar
 
 Then set default to the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set default [.perl-5^.39^.5]
+    set default [.perl-5^.39^.6]
 
 and proceed with configuration as described in the next section.
 
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index ab8b8de93c..b470d27102 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/perl5/5.39.5
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.39.6
 # 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/perl5/5.39.5
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.39.6
 # 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 f8b826d794..4469131dd9 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 = "5.039005";
+our $VERSION = "5.039006";
 
 $bits{$_}{3} = 'OPpENTERSUB_AMPER' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
 $bits{$_}{6} = 'OPpENTERSUB_DB' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 682280416e..5c2b360762 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	39		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	5		/* generation */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION	6		/* 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	39
-#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	5
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	6
 /*
    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 98cd5da9ee..dd7ae30523 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='5'
+api_subversion='6'
 api_version='39'
-api_versionstring='5.39.5'
+api_versionstring='5.39.6'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.39.5/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.39.5/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.39.6/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.39.6/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -832,17 +832,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -970,8 +970,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1036,13 +1036,13 @@ 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/5.39.5/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.5/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.39.6/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='5'
+subversion='6'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.39.5'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 5'
+version='5.39.6'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 39 subversion 6'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth=''
@@ -1178,9 +1178,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=39
-PERL_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=39
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=5
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=6
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index be12599d58..ba694ee679 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	:= \5.39.5
+#INST_VER	:= \5.39.6
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 0c09ff5593..d77f086def 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	= \5.39.5
+#INST_VER	= \5.39.6
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have