diff --git a/sysutils/syslog-ng/Makefile b/sysutils/syslog-ng/Makefile
index 738ecdf444c..f16643619b7 100644
--- a/sysutils/syslog-ng/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/syslog-ng/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 COMMENT=	log management solution
 
-V =		3.36.1
-REL =		3.36.1
+V =		3.38.1
+REL =		3.38.1
 DISTNAME =	syslog-ng-$V
 CATEGORIES =	sysutils
 
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ WANTLIB += ssl z
 
 MASTER_SITES =	https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/releases/download/${DISTNAME}/
 
-SHARED_LIBS =	evtlog			5.0 \
-		evtlog-3.36		5.0 \
-		syslog-ng		8.0 \
-		syslog-ng-3.36		8.0 \
-		loggen_helper		3.0 \
-		loggen_helper-3.36	3.0 \
-		loggen_plugin		3.0 \
-		loggen_plugin-3.36	3.0 \
+SHARED_LIBS =	evtlog			6.0 \
+		evtlog-3.38		6.0 \
+		syslog-ng		9.0 \
+		syslog-ng-3.38		9.0 \
+		loggen_helper		4.0 \
+		loggen_helper-3.38	4.0 \
+		loggen_plugin		4.0 \
+		loggen_plugin-3.38	4.0 \
 		secret-storage		3.0
 
 # needs a newer compiler due to libmaxminddb header
diff --git a/sysutils/syslog-ng/distinfo b/sysutils/syslog-ng/distinfo
index 63511921b48..e21c773fd29 100644
--- a/sysutils/syslog-ng/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/syslog-ng/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (syslog-ng-3.36.1.tar.gz) = kKJcl2f+dJ21DxGN38kuxxOZdj0uzVrU8R/17qBJ5gs=
-SIZE (syslog-ng-3.36.1.tar.gz) = 5968598
+SHA256 (syslog-ng-3.38.1.tar.gz) = VJH2htC4KbabLg/A1mpi9RmRqvruAFR1v6OPqzmUQfc=
+SIZE (syslog-ng-3.38.1.tar.gz) = 5405048
diff --git a/sysutils/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.conf b/sysutils/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.conf
index fd2821dee82..9994e32ea39 100644
--- a/sysutils/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/sysutils/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syslog-ng configuration file for OpenBSD.
 # This should provide behavior similar to OpenBSD's syslog.conf(5).
 
-@version: 3.36
+@version: 3.38
 @requires openbsd
 @include "scl.conf"
 
diff --git a/sysutils/syslog-ng/patches/patch-Makefile_in b/sysutils/syslog-ng/patches/patch-Makefile_in
index f04728ac006..1a27c833fae 100644
--- a/sysutils/syslog-ng/patches/patch-Makefile_in
+++ b/sysutils/syslog-ng/patches/patch-Makefile_in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Index: Makefile.in
 --- Makefile.in.orig
 +++ Makefile.in
-@@ -10412,11 +10412,7 @@ modules_test_subdirs = \
+@@ -10544,11 +10544,7 @@ modules_test_subdirs = \
  
  syslog_ng_syslog_ng_SOURCES = syslog-ng/main.c
  
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Index: Makefile.in
  
  syslog_ng_syslog_ng_LINK = @SYSLOGNG_LINK@
  syslog_ng_syslog_ng_DEPENDENCIES = lib/libsyslog-ng.la
-@@ -29392,7 +29388,7 @@ scl-install-data-local:
+@@ -29589,7 +29585,7 @@ scl-install-data-local:
  		fi; \
  	done
  	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)/$(scldir)
diff --git a/sysutils/syslog-ng/pkg/PLIST b/sysutils/syslog-ng/pkg/PLIST
index 30e9838291a..0bbea5f8c55 100644
--- a/sysutils/syslog-ng/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/sysutils/syslog-ng/pkg/PLIST
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ include/syslog-ng/filter/filter-pri.h
 include/syslog-ng/filter/filter-re.h
 include/syslog-ng/filter/filter-tags.h
 include/syslog-ng/find-crlf.h
+include/syslog-ng/generic-number.h
 include/syslog-ng/gprocess.h
 include/syslog-ng/gsockaddr.h
 include/syslog-ng/gsocket.h
@@ -184,11 +185,13 @@ include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-expr.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-groupset.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-rename.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-set-facility.h
+include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-set-matches.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-set-pri.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-set-severity.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-set-tag.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-set.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-subst.h
+include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-unset-matches.h
 include/syslog-ng/rewrite/rewrite-unset.h
 include/syslog-ng/ringbuffer.h
 include/syslog-ng/run-id.h
@@ -285,22 +288,22 @@ include/syslog-ng/value-pairs/transforms.h
 include/syslog-ng/value-pairs/value-pairs.h
 include/syslog-ng/versioning.h
 include/syslog-ng/window-size-counter.h
-@lib lib/libevtlog-3.36.so.${LIBevtlog-3.36_VERSION}
+@lib lib/libevtlog-3.38.so.${LIBevtlog-3.38_VERSION}
 @static-lib lib/libevtlog.a
 lib/libevtlog.la
 @lib lib/libevtlog.so.${LIBevtlog_VERSION}
-@lib lib/libloggen_helper-3.36.so.${LIBloggen_helper-3.36_VERSION}
+@lib lib/libloggen_helper-3.38.so.${LIBloggen_helper-3.38_VERSION}
 @static-lib lib/libloggen_helper.a
 lib/libloggen_helper.la
 @lib lib/libloggen_helper.so.${LIBloggen_helper_VERSION}
-@lib lib/libloggen_plugin-3.36.so.${LIBloggen_plugin-3.36_VERSION}
+@lib lib/libloggen_plugin-3.38.so.${LIBloggen_plugin-3.38_VERSION}
 @static-lib lib/libloggen_plugin.a
 lib/libloggen_plugin.la
 @lib lib/libloggen_plugin.so.${LIBloggen_plugin_VERSION}
 @static-lib lib/libsecret-storage.a
 lib/libsecret-storage.la
 @lib lib/libsecret-storage.so.${LIBsecret-storage_VERSION}
-@lib lib/libsyslog-ng-3.36.so.${LIBsyslog-ng-3.36_VERSION}
+@lib lib/libsyslog-ng-3.38.so.${LIBsyslog-ng-3.38_VERSION}
 @static-lib lib/libsyslog-ng-native-connector.a
 @static-lib lib/libsyslog-ng.a
 lib/libsyslog-ng.la
@@ -415,6 +418,8 @@ share/syslog-ng/include/scl/junos/plugin.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kafka/
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kafka/kafka-java.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kafka/kafka.conf
+share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kubernetes/
+share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kubernetes/kubernetes.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/linux-audit/
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/linux-audit/linux-audit.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/loadbalancer/
@@ -424,6 +429,8 @@ share/syslog-ng/include/scl/loggly/
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/loggly/loggly.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/logmatic/
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/logmatic/logmatic.conf
+share/syslog-ng/include/scl/mariadb/
+share/syslog-ng/include/scl/mariadb/audit.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/mbox/
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/mbox/mbox.conf
 share/syslog-ng/include/scl/netskope/