diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec91ffd..b32b4be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Image-ExifTool-8.25.tar.gz
 /Image-ExifTool-12.16.tar.gz
 /Image-ExifTool-12.26.tar.gz
 /Image-ExifTool-12.30.tar.gz
+/Image-ExifTool-12.38.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-Image-ExifTool.spec b/perl-Image-ExifTool.spec
index f27db78..f395a00 100644
--- a/perl-Image-ExifTool.spec
+++ b/perl-Image-ExifTool.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		perl-Image-ExifTool
-Version:	12.30
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	12.38
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 License:	GPL+ or Artistic
 Summary:	Utility for reading and writing image meta info
 URL:		http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/%7Ephil/exiftool/
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 25 2022 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 12.38-1
+- update to 12.38 for CVE-2022-23935
+  NOTE: 12.38 is not considered a "Stable" release and is not on CPAN
+
 * Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 12.30-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e4b723a..23287c6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Image-ExifTool-12.30.tar.gz) = 2966854d8fd163fd5aaaca5608eeab2a3f0681fe9e22e006840acacd2ff2aaecd6076bcec23989facb7baf64aa96425ad7eeceb4045da44004421b8f10050935
+SHA512 (Image-ExifTool-12.38.tar.gz) = 713e0df5e207987f770ed4d8fe62c351345a6ba408518ff4ccbafc4fdc570fac6aef8129c0cd40ca1725861cd5c4b7ae06f27ab57992df9576db24adeeaefb93